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All that tics may not be Tourette's

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Valsamma Eapen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University College London Medical School, London W1N 8AA
Mary M. Robertson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University College London Medical School, London W1N 8AA
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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