Hypothesis III: Tourette syndrome is only one of several causes of a developmental basal ganglia syndrome

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 475-483

  Palumbo, Donna ^a   Maughan, Angeline ^a   Kurlan, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL FEATURE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIC;

EID: 0031000017     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550160101023     Document Type: Review

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