Relationship of birth weight to the phenotypic expression of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome in monozygotic twins.

doi:10.1212/wnl.42.3.652

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Relationship of birth weight to the phenotypic expression of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome in monozygotic twins.

Neurology - 1 Mar 1992

Hyde T M, Aaronson B A, Randolph C, Rickler K C, Weinberger D R

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We studied 16 pairs of monozygotic twins (mean age, 12.8 +/- 1.4 years; age range, 8 to 26 years; sex, 12 male pairs, four female pairs) in whom at least one twin had Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (TS) to determine the concordance rates for TS and tic disorders and to examine environmental fac...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Birth Weight
Child
Diseases in Twins
Female
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Tourette Syndrome
Twins, Monozygotic

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