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SUBMITTER: O'Rourke JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3292860 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Rourke Julia A JA Scharf Jeremiah M JM Platko Jill J Stewart S Evelyn SE Illmann Cornelia C Geller Daniel A DA King Robert A RA Leckman James F JF Pauls David L DL
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics 20110506 5
Tourette's disorder (TD) frequently co-occurs with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). While the relationship between TD and OCD suggests that they share etiological factors, the exact relationship between TD and ADHD is less clear. The goal of the current analyses was to understand better the familial relationship between DSM-IV ADHD and TD. Direct interview diagnostic data from a case-control study of 692 relatives of 75 comorbid TD and ADHD ...[more]