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Reflex Tics in Two Patients with Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. Commander ,
J. Corbett ,
M. Prendergast  and
C. Ridley
M. Commander
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH
J. Corbett
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
M. Prendergast
Affiliation:
Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham
C. Ridley
Affiliation:
Adolescent Unit, Holymoor Hospital, Tessal Lane, Birmingham
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Abstract

Two patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) showed tics triggered by external stimuli. This unusual feature is of significance to the aetiology of GTS and in particular the relationship between GTS and the startle response.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 6 , December 1991 , pp. 877 - 879
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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