RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The treatment of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome by limbic leucotomy. JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP 691 OP 694 DO 10.1136/jnnp.53.8.691 VO 53 IS 8 A1 M Robertson A1 M Doran A1 M Trimble A1 A J Lees YR 1990 UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/53/8/691.abstract AB 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.