A controlled study of Tourette syndrome. I: Attention-deficit disorder, learning disorders, and school problems

• Published in: American journal of human genetics Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 701 - 741
• Main Authors: COMINGS, D. E, COMINGS, B. G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL University of Chicago Press 01.11.1987
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - etiology; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Central Nervous System Stimulants - adverse effects; Central Nervous System Stimulants - therapeutic use; Child; Child, Preschool; Dyslexia - genetics; Female; Humans; Learning Disorders - etiology; Learning Disorders - psychology; Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Nervous system as a whole; Neurology; Stuttering - genetics; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tourette Syndrome - complications; Tourette Syndrome - drug therapy; Tourette Syndrome - psychology; Pediatrics; Nervous system diseases; Attentional disorder; Learning disability; Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Psychopathology; School failure; Involuntary movement; Behavioral disorder

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a common, hereditary, neurobehavioral disorder of childhood. To determine the frequency of various behavioral manifestations, we have compared 47 random normal controls to 246 patients with TS, 17 with attention-deficit disorder (ADD), and 15 with ADD secondary to a TS gene...