title: The clinical features of Tourette's disorder with obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
abstract: Twenty-three patients with Tourette's disorder (13 with obsessive-compulsive symptoms [OCS] and 10 without) were comparatively investigated. In contrast to OCS-free Tourette's disorder patients, those with OCS were found to be characterized by (i) a higher incidence of volatile temper, (ii) a higher incidence of compulsive tics, (iii) a higher incidence of perinatal disorders and brain wave abnormalities, (iv) a higher severity as rated using the Severity Scale, and (v) a higher prevalence of complications, especially of developmental disorders. Of the subjects with OCS-accompanied Tourette's disorder, approximately half had developed OCS by the onset of tics. These findings suggest the likelihood that OCS-accompanied Tourette's disorder is more strongly associated with organic cerebral disorders, independently of sites of tic disorders, than is OCS-free Tourette's disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Nara Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakiyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwasaka
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ikawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000145:classification; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*