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Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome in Down's Syndrome — A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. Karlinsky ,
P. Sandor ,
J. M. Berg ,
H. Moldofsky  and
E. Crawford
H. Karlinsky
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
P. Sandor
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
J. M. Berg*
Affiliation:
Surrey Place Centre, 2 Surrey Place, Toronto. M5S 2C2; University of Toronto
H. Moldofsky
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
E. Crawford
Affiliation:
Medical Services, Huronia Regional Centre, Orillia, Ontario
*
∗Correspondence
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 5 , May 1986 , pp. 601 - 604
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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