Why Some Individuals With Tourette Syndrome Experience Assault and Perpetrate Criminal Behavior.

JAMA Neurol

Department of Neurology, Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, University of Florida Health, Gainesville.

Published: May 2022

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