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Three young patients, two females and one male, presented the characteristic symptomatology of multiple tics, obsessive motor compulsions and coprolalia. This symptomatology was accentuated when the patients tried to control it, especially in public. The patients had been treated with psychotherapy without benefit.
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de Divitiis, E., D’Errico, A., Cerillo, A. (1977). Stereotactic Surgery in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome. In: Gillingham, F.J., Hitchcock, E.R. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 24. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8482-0_12
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