Long-Term Follow-up of Patients with Tourette's Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tourette's Syndrome (TS) is a childhood-onset movement disorder marked by the chronic presence of motor and vocal tics. Research shows that tics associated with TS tend to fade in severity for some (but not all) affected youth, though psychiatric comorbidities that commonly accompany TS may be more persistent. The long-term outcomes of individuals with TS have not been well characterized.

Objective

To characterize long-term clinical outcomes of individuals with TS.

Method

We conducted a long-term (25-32 years) follow-up study of 45 patients with TS who presented to the Tourette's and Tic Disorders Clinic within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, which was staffed by the first author (Thomas L. Lowe, MD

SUBMITTER: Lowe TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6335508 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature