Sex Differences in People with Tourette Syndrome and Persistent Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder in the Tourette Association of America International Consortium for Genetics Database

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<h4>Background and Objective</h4> Tourette Syndrome (TS) and Persistent Motor or Vocal Tic Disorders (PMVT) are more prevalent in males (vs. females). Females with TS may have a delay in diagnosis, and more complex tic features (vs. males). With respect to comorbidities, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is more prevalent in females; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is more prevalent in males. Le...

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• Age Factors
• Child, Preschool
• Disease Progression
• Follow-Up Studies
• Longitudinal Studies
• Sex Factors
• Tourette Syndrome
• Young Adult

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Literature Corpus work

5db88514-c461-56ba-a221-7b22879e5459

DOI

10.1101/2024.01.07.24300816