The psychopathological spectrum of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1008-1015

  Cavanna, Andrea E ^a,b   Rickards, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder; Behaviour; Coprophenomena; Echophenomena; Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Impulse control disorders; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Obsessive compulsive symptoms; Paliphenomena; Tics

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIC; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 84879367329     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.10.011     Document Type: Review

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