THE TREATMENT OF GILLES-DE-LA-TOURETTE SYNDROME BY LIMBIC LEUKOTOMY

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ROBERTSON, M
DORAN, M
TRIMBLE, M
LEES, AJ
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[1] NATL HOSP, DEPT NEUROL, QUEEN SQ, LONDON WC1N 3BG, ENGLAND
[2] NATL HOSP, DEPT PSYCHIAT, LONDON WC1N 3BG, ENGLAND
[3] MIDDLESEX HOSP, ACAD DEPT PSYCHIAT, LONDON W1, ENGLAND
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10.1136/jnnp.53.8.691
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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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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