Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 491-496 , December 2009

Clinical phenomenology and phenotype variability in Tourette syndrome

  • Marco A. Grados

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 600 North Wolfe St., CMSC 346, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Tel.: +1 443 287 2291; fax: +1 410 955 8691.
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  • Carol A. Mathews

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Received 17 March 2009 ,Revised 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 14 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.07.011

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 491-496 , December 2009

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