RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 115
OP 115
DO 10.1212/WNL.27.2.115
VO 27
IS 2
A1 ROSWELL ELDRIDGE
A1 RICHARD SWEET
A1 C. RAYMOND LAKE
A1 MICHAEL ZIEGLER
A1 ARTHUR K. SHAPIRO
YR 1977
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/27/2/115.abstract
AB Eighty-one patients and relatives with Tourette's syndrome, members of 21 selected families, participated in a 1-day clinic. In 12 of the 13 Jewish families and six of the eight non-Jewish families, there were multiple members with motor and vocal tics by observation or history. Males predominated among those with persistent symptoms, but among those with spontaneous clearing, females predominated. Twelve propositi had troublesome sexual and aggressive impulses, differing only quantitatively from normal. No evidence of abnormality was found in plasma dopamine beta hydroxylase, or norepinephrine levels.