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Prevalence of tics and Tourette syndrome in an inpatient adult psychiatry setting.
Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN - 1 Nov 2001
Eapen V, Laker M, Anfield A, Dobbs J, Robertson M M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Given the widely recognized genetic basis for Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (TS) and the suggestion that the putative TS gene(s) may be expressed as or associated with a variety of psychiatric illnesses, this study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of tics and TS in a psychiatric inpatient population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING AND PATIENTS: 200 consecutive adult patients who were...
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