The prevalence of Tourette syndrome in a mainstream school population

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 292-296

  Mason, Anne ^a   Banerjee, Sube ^b   Eapen, Valsamma ^c   Zeitlin, Harry ^c   Robertson, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Sect of Child and Adol Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031976356     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15379.x     Document Type: Article

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