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Tourette's Syndrome and Right Hemisphere Dysfunction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. B. K. Lanser ,
W. H. C. Van Santen ,
A. Jennekens-Schinkel  and
R. A. C. Roos
J. B. K. Lanser
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Academic Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
W. H. C. Van Santen
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Academic Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
A. Jennekens-Schinkel
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Academic Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
R. A. C. Roos*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Academic Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Poor performances of patients with Tourette's syndrome (TS) on tests requiring visual-perceptual abilities had led previous authors to the suggestion of right hemisphere involvement. We have compared the results of neuropsychological examination of 16 children with TS, with those of 16 children with a lesion of the right hemisphere. No evidence was found of a dysfunction of the right hemisphere in TS.

British Journal of Psychiatry (1993), 163, 116–118

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 1 , July 1993 , pp. 116 - 118
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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