TY - JOUR
T1 - Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) comorbidity
T2 - A case for "pure" Tourette syndrome?
AU - Denckla, Martha Bridge
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - More than a decade of research regarding the motoric characteristics of the attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that accompanies Tourette syndrome has revealed unique anatomic and neurobehavioral differences and highlighted the importance of distinguishing children with this form from the 40% of children with Tourette syndrome who do not have ADHD. This distinction is important in providing guidance to parents and to patients and in formulating expectations for short- and long-term prognoses. In addition, study methodologies that fail to categorize patients in this way and instead involve covarying for dimensional symptoms of ADHD obscure biologically distinctive circuits and clinically meaningful patient characteristics.
AB - More than a decade of research regarding the motoric characteristics of the attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that accompanies Tourette syndrome has revealed unique anatomic and neurobehavioral differences and highlighted the importance of distinguishing children with this form from the 40% of children with Tourette syndrome who do not have ADHD. This distinction is important in providing guidance to parents and to patients and in formulating expectations for short- and long-term prognoses. In addition, study methodologies that fail to categorize patients in this way and instead involve covarying for dimensional symptoms of ADHD obscure biologically distinctive circuits and clinically meaningful patient characteristics.
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U2 - 10.1177/08830738060210080701
DO - 10.1177/08830738060210080701
M3 - Article
C2 - 16970871
AN - SCOPUS:33748076432
SN - 0883-0738
VL - 21
SP - 701
EP - 703
JO - Journal of child neurology
JF - Journal of child neurology
IS - 8
ER -