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DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1812298
Gilles de La Tourette syndrome: the contribution of Guinon
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Abstract
We review the contributions of Georges Guinon, an eminent pupil of Professor Jean-Martin Charcot, to the clinical description of Gilles de La Tourette syndrome, including phenomenological definitions and the occurrence of psychiatric findings such as obsessive-compulsive behavior.
Authors' Contributions
Conceptualization: HAGT; Methodology: HAGT; Project administration: HAGT; Supervision: HAGT; Validation: HAGT, FMBG, MVDC, CHFC, LC, OW; Visualization: HAGT, FMBG, MVDC, CHFC, LC, OW; Writing – original draft: HAGT; Writing – review & editing: HAGT, FMBG, MVDC, CHFC, LC, OW.
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No new data were generated or analyzed in the present study.
Editor-in-Chief: Ayrton Roberto Massaro.https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0487-5299
Associate Editor: Ethel Mizrahy Cuperschmid.https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4512-0607
Publication History
Received: 20 April 2025
Accepted: 24 August 2025
Article published online:
27 October 2025
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Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive, Francisco M. Branco Germiniani, Marcus Vinícius Della Coletta, Carlos Henrique Ferreira Camargo, Léo Coutinho, Olivier Walusinski. Gilles de La Tourette syndrome: the contribution of Guinon. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2025; 83: s00451812298.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1812298
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