Reflex tics in two patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Academic Article

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.

authors

• Ridley, Charles

published proceedings

• Br J Psychiatry

author list (cited authors)

• Commander, M., Corbett, J., Prendergast, M., & Ridley, C.

citation count

• 18

complete list of authors

• Commander, M||Corbett, J||Prendergast, M||Ridley, C

publication date

• December 1991

publisher

• Royal College of Psychiatrists  Publisher

published in

• British Journal of Psychiatry  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Arousal
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Neurologic Examination
• Reflex
• Social Environment
• Tic Disorders
• Tourette Syndrome

PubMed Central ID

• 1790463

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1192/bjp.159.6.877

start page

• 877

end page

• 879

volume

• 159

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.159.6.877