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Tourette's syndrome: A developmental psychobiologic view

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We present a developmental psychobiologic framework to improve the understanding of developmental and mental disorders. Tourette syndrome (TS) is our model condition for the effort, as we review our studies on the condition in conjunction with the comorbidities with which it often presents. TS serves not only as a biologic marker for certain localizable and definable central nervous system processes, but also may serve a transacting function across biological and psychological levels of organization.

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Kerbeshian, J., Burd, L. Tourette's syndrome: A developmental psychobiologic view. J Dev Phys Disabil 6, 203–218 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02578411

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