Environmental factors in Tourette syndrome

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1040-1049

  Hoekstra, Pieter J ^a   Dietrich, Andrea ^a   Edwards, Mark J ^b   Elamin, Ishraga ^b   Martino, Davide ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co morbidities; Delivery complications; Group A streptococcus; Infections; Perinatal; Pregnancy; Prenatal; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; SUBSTANCE USE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 84886711716     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.10.010     Document Type: Review

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