Tourette Syndrome and learning disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder of childhood. Learning disabilities are frequently comorbid with TS. Using the largest sample of TS patients ever reported, we sought to identify differences between subjects with TS only and subjects with TS and a comorbid learning disability.

Methods

We used the Tourette Syndrome International Consortium database (TIC) to compare subjects with comorbid Tourette Syndrome and learning disabilities (TS + LD) to subjects who did not have a comorbid learning disability (TS-LD). The TIC database contained 5,500 subjects. We had usable data on 5,450 subjects.

Results

We found 1,235 subjects with TS + LD. Significant differences between the TS + LD group and the TS-LD group were found for gender (.001), age

SUBMITTER: Burd L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1242237 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature