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Gene linked to Tourette's syndrome

DNA defect may cause involuntary physical and verbal tics.

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  1. Verkerk, A. et al. CNTNAP2 is disrupted in a family with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder. Genomics, 82, 1 - 9, (2003).

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Whitfield, J. Gene linked to Tourette's syndrome. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news030616-23

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