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The treatment of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome by limbic leucotomy.

1990; BMJ; Volume: 53; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/jnnp.53.8.691

ISSN

1468-330X

Autores

Mary Robertson, M G Doran, M. Trimble, Andrew J. Lees,

Tópico(s)

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Resumo

A patient with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and severe self-injurious compulsions who had failed to respond to drug treatment and behavioural therapy obtained a complete and sustained resolution of his destructive behaviour and improvement in his tics following bilateral limbic leucotomy.

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