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Larry Burd, Julie L. Meredith, and Jacob Kerbeshian
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Tic disorder ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,medicine ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Autopsy ,Neuropathology ,Disease ,Psychology ,Psychiatry ,medicine.disease ,Tourette syndrome - Abstract
This paper reviews the association of Huntington's Disease (HD) and tic disorder or Tourette Syndrome (TS) We also present the results of a follow-up study of a male with childhood-onset TS and adult-onset HD who died at 45 years of age. The developmental course and results of neuropathologic and molecular studies of this patient are reported. This is the first case of childhood onset of TS with adult onset of HD reported who has come to autopsy. A developmental model for childhood and adult neuropsychiatric disorders is presented.
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- 1997
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