Dissecting the Gilles de la Tourette spectrum: A factor analytic study on 639 patients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1320-1323

  Cavanna, Andrea E ^a,b,c   Critchley, Hugo D ^d,e   Orth, Michael ^f   Stern, Jeremy S ^g   Young, Mary Beth ^b,g   Robertson, Mary M ^b,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^g ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPLEX MOTOR TIC; COMPLEX VOCAL TIC; COPROPHENOMENA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHO PALIPHENOMENA; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIC;

EID: 80855144220     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.225029     Document Type: Article

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