title: [Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: a clinical study on 58 cases].
abstract: Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (GTS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder with a childhood onset and is characterized by motor and vocal tics. Fifty-eight patients with GTS were evaluated during a period of three years. Thirty-six patients were male and twenty two female, with an age range of 7 to 51 years (mean 20.33 years). The male to female ratio was 1.6:1. The age of onset ranged from 3 to 15 years (mean 7.81 years). Seventy nine percent of the patients presented motor tics as the initial symptom of the disease. In terms of complex tics, coprolalia was present in 27.6% of the patients; copropraxia in 20.1%; palilalia in 20.1%; ecolalia in 27.6%; and ecopraxia in 27,6%. Associated manifestations, such as attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder were present in 25.8% and 39.6%, respectively. Sensory phenomena were present in 54.8% of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Divisão de Clínica Neurológica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Fen
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Miguel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000150:complications*