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Tourette's syndrome associated with restless legs syndrome and akathisia in a family
Author(s) -
Müller N.,
Voderholzer U.,
Kurtz G.,
Straube A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1994.tb02661.x
Subject(s) - akathisia , tourette syndrome , restless legs syndrome , psychology , psychiatry , tourette's syndrome , dopamine , medicine , pediatrics , neuroscience , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , insomnia , antipsychotic
A family with coincidence of a restless leg syndrome (RLS) in the mother and a Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) in the son who also shows increased vulnerability to neuroleptic induced akathisia (NIA) is presented. Since these diseases show parallels from a genetic, pathogenetic and clinical point of view, the familiar coincidence is discussed under these aspects with respect to suggested disturbances of the dopamine and the opiate systems in RLS, GTS, and NIA.