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3469941

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
An accurate prevalence rate for Tourette's syndrome (TS) has not been established. To assess severity of illness, a potential source of bias in determining prevalence rate, we administered standardized questionnaires and examinations to 159 members of a large Mennonite kindred showing apparent autosomal dominant transmission of motor and vocal tics (TS) or chronic motor tics (CMTs). Fifty-four family members were diagnosed as having definite or probable TS or CMTs. For these 54 subjects, 30% (n = 16) were unaware of tics noted by the examiners and only 18.5% (n = 10) had sought medical care. Our findings suggest that most cases of TS and CMTs are mild and do not come to medical attention. These tic disorders are probably much more prevalent than generally appreciated.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0003-9942
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
268-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Severity of Tourette's syndrome in one large kindred. Implication for determination of disease prevalence rate.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't