Did Mozart Suffer from Gilles De La Tourette Syndrome?ଝ
r e v c o l o m b p s i q u i a t . 2 0 1 7;4 6(2):110–115 www.elsevier.es/rcp Epistemology, philosophy of the mind and bioethics Did Mozart suffer from Gilles de la Tourette syndrome?ଝ a,∗ b Leonardo Palacios-Sánchez , Juan Sebastián Botero-Meneses , c d d Laura Daniela Vergara-Méndez , Natalia Pachón , Arianna Martínez , d Santiago Ramírez a Departamento de Neurología, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia b Grupo de Investigación en Neurociencia (NEUROS), Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia c Departamento de Pediatría, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia d Semillero de Investigación en Neurociencia, Bogotá, Colombia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The personal and private lives of great men and women in history, like writers, painters Received 1 April 2016 and musicians, have been the subject of great interest for many years. A clear example Accepted 4 May 2016 of this is the vast scrutiny is cast over the famous composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Available online 3 June 2017 What may have started as curiosity, rapidly evolved into extensive research, as the answers about the musician’s legendary talent may lie in the details of his life (his childhood, his Keywords: relationships, his quirks and his mannerisms). It is usually up to historians, anthropologists or philosophers to delve into the pages of old books, trying to grasp answers and clues. Tourette syndrome Movement disorders However, for some time, physicians have sought their own part in solving the puzzle.
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