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The Role of the Amygdaloid Complex in Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (GTS) is a relatively rare neuropsychiatric disorder characterised by multiple motor tics accompanied by vocalisations. It usually starts in early childhood and is more common in males than females. Obsessional compulsive disorder (OCD) is an integral part of GTS (Robertson, 1989). GTS is also associated with coprolalia, copropraxia, and other echophenomena, as well as attention-deficit disorder, self-injury, and other behaviour problems (Robertson et al, 1988; Robertson, 1989). Family pedigree studies have demonstrated that most GTS cases in the community are mild and do not receive medical attention (Kurlan et al, 1987; Robertson & Gourdie, 1990).
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