Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 485-490 , December 2009

Famous people with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome?

  • Francesco Monaco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara, Italy
    • ,
  • Serena Servo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara, Italy
    • ,
  • Andrea Eugenio Cavanna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Barberry Building, B152FG Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Received 7 April 2009 ,Revised 27 June 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.07.003

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 485-490 , December 2009

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