TOURETTES-SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME AND AKATHISIA IN A FAMILY

Authors
MULLER N VODERHOLZER U KURTZ G STRAUBE A
Citation
N. Muller et al., TOURETTES-SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME AND AKATHISIA IN A FAMILY, Acta neurologica Scandinavica, 89(6), 1994, pp. 429-432
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Acta neurologica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016314
Volume
89
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
429 - 432
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6314(1994)89:6<429:TAWRLS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A family with coincidence of a restless leg syndrome (RLS) in the moth er and a Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) in the son who also show s increased vulnerability to neuroleptic induced akathisia (NIA) is pr esented. Since these diseases show parallels from a genetic, pathogene tic and clinical point of view, the familiar coincidence is discussed under these aspects with respect to suggested disturbances of the dopa mine and the opiate systems in RLS, GTS, and NIA.