Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 469-474 , December 2009

Gilles de la Tourette: The man behind the syndrome

  • Hugh Rickards

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Barberry Building, 25 Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2FG, United Kingdom.
  • ,
  • 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

Received 8 March 2009 ,Revised 26 June 2009 ,Accepted 23 July 2009.

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PII: S0022-3999(09)00319-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.07.019

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 469-474 , December 2009