Tourette's syndrome and the law

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-95

  Jankovic, Joseph ^a   Kwak, Carolyn ^a   Frankoff, Richard ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COURT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GESTURE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; LANGUAGE; LAW; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OBSESSION; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 33244492890     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.18.1.86     Document Type: Article

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