The treatment of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome by limbic leucotomy

M Robertson, M Doran, M Trimble, A J Lees, M Robertson, M Doran, M Trimble, A J Lees

Abstract

A patient with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and severe self-injurious compulsions who had failed to respond to drug treatment and behavioural therapy obtained a complete and sustained resolution of his destructive behaviour and improvement in his tics following bilateral limbic leucotomy.

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