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GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME IN MENTAL HANDICAP
Author(s) -
Reid A. H.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1984.tb01606.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychiatry , tourette syndrome , mentally retarded , natural history , mental handicap , epilepsy , developmental psychology , medicine
A case of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome in a mildly mentally retarded adult female is described. The clinical features, natural history and response to treatment were typical of the condition but the association with mental retardation, epilepsy and psychotic phenomena were unusual.