Comorbid behavioural problems in Tourette's syndrome are positively correlated with the severity of tic symptoms

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-73

  Zhu, Yan ^a   Leung, Kai Man ^b   Liu, Po Zi ^a   Zhou, Ming ^c   Su, Lin Yan ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Children; Tourette's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOUGHT DISORDER; TIC;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TICS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 33644772575     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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