Black Kevin J, Jankovic Joseph, Hershey Tamara, McNaught Kevin St P, Mink Jonathan W, Walkup John
Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Radiology, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
J Obsessive Compuls Relat Disord. 2014 Oct 1;3(4):359-362. doi: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2014.03.005.
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a heritable neuropsychiatric disorder commonly complicated by obsessions and compulsions, but defined by frequent unwanted movements (motor tics) and vocalizations (phonic tics) that develop in childhood or adolescence. In recent years, research on TS has progressed rapidly on several fronts. Inspired by the Fifth International Scientific Symposium on Tourette Syndrome, the articles in this special issue review advances in the phenomenology, epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology, and treatment of TS.
抽动秽语综合征(TS)是一种遗传性神经精神障碍,通常伴有强迫观念和强迫行为,但以儿童期或青春期出现的频繁的不自主运动(运动性抽动)和发声(发声性抽动)为特征。近年来,抽动秽语综合征的研究在多个方面取得了迅速进展。受第五届抽动秽语综合征国际科学研讨会的启发,本期特刊中的文章回顾了抽动秽语综合征在现象学、流行病学、遗传学、病理生理学和治疗方面的进展。