Tourette's Syndrome
A Model Neuropsychiatric Disorder
- Thomas M. Hyde, MD, PhD;
- Daniel R. Weinberger, MD
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CASE REPORT Anthony and Brian (not their real names) are monozygotic (MZ) twins who were born by normal spontaneous vaginal delivery at full term following an unremarkable pregnancy. Labor lasted 3 hours, with Brian born by breech delivery 8 minutes after Anthony, who was born head first. Both twins were healthy at birth, Brian weighing 3000 g and Anthony 3254 g. Their neurodevelopmental milestones were normal and neither had learning disabilities or problems with hyperactivity, anxiety, phobias, or memory. From about 2 years of age, Brian was felt to be easily distracted and his gross motor skills also appeared to be less refined.
Brian developed motor tics at age 6 years with eye blinking as the presenting symptom, and vocal tics began with sniffing at age 9 years. Anthony developed motor tics at age 7 years with eye blinking as the presenting symptom. He has never manifested vocal tics. The
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Reprint Request to National Institute of Mental Health, Neuroscience Center at St Elizabeths Hospital, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC 20032 (Dr Weinberger).
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Section editors: John I. Gallin, PhD, MD, the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md; David S. Cooper, MD, Contributing Editor, JAMA.
