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. 2014 Oct 1;3(4):359-362.
doi: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2014.03.005.

Progress in research on Tourette syndrome

Kevin J Black  1 , Joseph Jankovic  2 , Tamara Hershey  3 , Kevin St P McNaught  4 , Jonathan W Mink  5 , John Walkup  6
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Progress in research on Tourette syndrome

Kevin J Black et al. J Obsessive Compuls Relat Disord. .

Abstract

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a heritable neuropsychiatric disorder commonly complicated by obsessions and compulsions, but defined by frequent unwanted movements (motor tics) and vocalizations (phonic tics) that develop in childhood or adolescence. In recent years, research on TS has progressed rapidly on several fronts. Inspired by the Fifth International Scientific Symposium on Tourette Syndrome, the articles in this special issue review advances in the phenomenology, epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology, and treatment of TS.

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Cumulative number of published articles on Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders as of the dates of each of the five International Scientific Symposia on Tourette Syndrome (circles) and 28 Feb 2014. The dashed line is the best-fit quadratic curve to these 6 data points (r > 0.999). PubMed was searched for (“Tic Disorders”[MeSH] OR Tourette), limited to the relevant publication date ranges.
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