Am J Psychiatry 1981; 138:90-92
Copyright © 1981 by American Psychiatric Association
Familial aspects of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
F Hajal and AM Leach
The authors present two cases in which Gilles de la Tourette syndrome was
present in at least two family members: the first case is a mother and her
son and the second an uncle and his nephew. the increasing severity of the
syndrome from one generation to the next and some similar clinical features
in the two cases are noted. The authors also speculate that the incidence
of family cases of Tourette syndrome may be underestimated because of the
painstaking efforts required to obtain this kind of history.
