objectives: tourette syndrome is a disorder with motor and vocal tics, which has many psychiatric comorbidities. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is one of co-morbid features of this syndrome. the aim of this research is studying tourette and co morbidity adhd in school age children. one of our purposes is to identify the range of adhd in iranian tourette patients. methods: thirt...

1Department of Psychiatry, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Received: 21/11/02; accepted: 22/04/03 ABSTRACT To review the experience of a child psychiatric clinic regarding co-morbidity and treatment characteristics of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a retrospective study was done on patients under 19 years who were attending the clinic and w...

As treatment for HIV infection needs to be used continuously and lifelong, issues concerning long-term outcomes, including those involving tolerability and safety of treatment, are gaining increasing importance. Although current combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) regimens are generally better tolerated than those in the early days of cART, treatment toxicity remains an important cause fo...

BACKGROUND Co-morbidity, or the presence of more than one clinical condition, is gaining increased attention in epidemiological and health services research. However, the clinical relevance of co-morbidity has yet to be defined. In general practice, few studies have been conducted into co-morbidity, either at a single health care encounter, an episode of care, or for a defined time period. AI...