Pathological laughter in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: An unusual phonic tic

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2233-2239

  Cavanna, Andrea E ^a,b,c   Ali, Fizzah ^a   Leckman, James F ^d   Robertson, Mary M ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Neural correlates; Pathological laughter; Tic phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ECHOLALIA; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; TOURETTE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649408931     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23216     Document Type: Article

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