# Gilles de La Tourette syndrome: the contribution of Guinon

## TL;DR

This paper explores how Georges Guinon helped define the symptoms of Gilles de La Tourette syndrome, including psychiatric aspects.

## Contribution

The paper highlights Guinon's specific clinical observations and their impact on understanding the syndrome.

## Key findings

- Guinon contributed to the phenomenological definitions of Gilles de La Tourette syndrome.
- He documented the occurrence of psychiatric findings like obsessive-compulsive behavior in the syndrome.

## Abstract

We review the contributions of Georges Guinon, an eminent pupil of Professor Jean-Martin Charcot, to the clinical description of Gilles de La Tourette syndrome, including phenomenological definitions and the occurrence of psychiatric findings such as obsessive-compulsive behavior.