Tics and Tourette syndrome: clinical evaluation of 44 cases
We evaluated 44 patients with tics and Tourette's syndrome (TS) emphasising the age of onset of symptoms, sex, classification and localization of tics, associated symptoms and signs and comorbidities. Thirty-three patients (75.2%) had TS defined criteria whereas 10 (22.7%) had chronic motor and...
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| author | Teive Hélio A.G. Germiniani Francisco M.B. Della Coletta Marcus V. Werneck Lineu César |
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| description | We evaluated 44 patients with tics and Tourette's syndrome (TS) emphasising the age of onset of symptoms, sex, classification and localization of tics, associated symptoms and signs and comorbidities. Thirty-three patients (75.2%) had TS defined criteria whereas 10 (22.7%) had chronic motor and/or vocal tics. Simple motor tics were found in 43 cases (97.7%), mainly affecting the eyes (43.2%), mouth (43.2%), face (34.1%). Simple vocal tics occurred in 33 (75%). Coprolalia was found in just 6 cases (13.6%) and copropraxia in just 2 (4.5%). Obsessive compulsive disorder and/or symptoms were found in 26 cases (59.1%) and attention deficit in 17 (38.6%). Eighteen patients (40.9%) had other disorders, such as alcoholism, tabagism, drug abuse, affective disorders, anxiety, sleep and learning disorders. The data obtained are similar to those found by other authors. We highlight the low frequency of coprolalia, as well as the associated neuropsychiatric disorders. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-222023066f94446caaa6ab8ea8dfc41a2025-08-20T03:54:42ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria0004-282X1678-42272001-01-01593B725728Tics and Tourette syndrome: clinical evaluation of 44 casesTeive Hélio A.G.Germiniani Francisco M.B.Della Coletta Marcus V.Werneck Lineu CésarWe evaluated 44 patients with tics and Tourette's syndrome (TS) emphasising the age of onset of symptoms, sex, classification and localization of tics, associated symptoms and signs and comorbidities. Thirty-three patients (75.2%) had TS defined criteria whereas 10 (22.7%) had chronic motor and/or vocal tics. Simple motor tics were found in 43 cases (97.7%), mainly affecting the eyes (43.2%), mouth (43.2%), face (34.1%). Simple vocal tics occurred in 33 (75%). Coprolalia was found in just 6 cases (13.6%) and copropraxia in just 2 (4.5%). Obsessive compulsive disorder and/or symptoms were found in 26 cases (59.1%) and attention deficit in 17 (38.6%). Eighteen patients (40.9%) had other disorders, such as alcoholism, tabagism, drug abuse, affective disorders, anxiety, sleep and learning disorders. The data obtained are similar to those found by other authors. We highlight the low frequency of coprolalia, as well as the associated neuropsychiatric disorders.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2001000500014Tourette's Syndromeobsessive compulsive disorderattention deficit disorder |
| spellingShingle | Teive Hélio A.G. Germiniani Francisco M.B. Della Coletta Marcus V. Werneck Lineu César Tics and Tourette syndrome: clinical evaluation of 44 cases Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Tourette's Syndrome obsessive compulsive disorder attention deficit disorder |
| title | Tics and Tourette syndrome: clinical evaluation of 44 cases |
| title_full | Tics and Tourette syndrome: clinical evaluation of 44 cases |
| title_fullStr | Tics and Tourette syndrome: clinical evaluation of 44 cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tics and Tourette syndrome: clinical evaluation of 44 cases |
| title_short | Tics and Tourette syndrome: clinical evaluation of 44 cases |
| title_sort | tics and tourette syndrome clinical evaluation of 44 cases |
| topic | Tourette's Syndrome obsessive compulsive disorder attention deficit disorder |
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