Famous people with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 485-490

  Monaco, Francesco ^a   Servo, Serena ^a   Cavanna, Andrea Eugenio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Famous people; Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Samuel Johnson; Tics; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPULSION; ECHOLALIA; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RECOGNITION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; TIC;

AUSTRIA; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; TICS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 70449333289     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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