Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

Introduction: Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

Description of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (medical condition): A neurological disorder involving vocal and movement tics where...more »

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Tourette Syndrome:
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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: neuropsychological disorder related to alterations in dopamine metabolism and neurotransmission involving frontal-subcortical neuronal circuits; both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics need to be present with tics occurring many times a day, nearly daily, over a period of more than one year; disturbance causes marked distress or significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: Related Topics

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• MIM
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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: Rare Disease

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Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Gilles de la Tourette syndrome as a "rare disease".

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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome as a Disease

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: Another name for Tourette Syndrome (or close medical condition association).
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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: Related Diseases

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Brain conditions
• Mental illness
• Behavioral disorders
• Nervous system conditions
• Speech and communication conditions
• Movement conditions

Causes of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

Some of the causes of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome are included in the list below:

• Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

Read more about causes of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (Tourette Syndrome)

Symptoms of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (Tourette Syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome incude:

• Repeated involuntary movements
• Uncontrollable vocal sounds
• Tics
• Facial tics
• Eye blinking

See full list of 47 symptoms of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (Tourette Syndrome)

Treatments for Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (Tourette Syndrome)

Treatments for Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (Tourette Syndrome) include:

• Watchful waiting - some cases are mild and are simply tolerated; some cases improve over time and remission can occur after adolescence.
• Neuroleptic drugs
• Sedatives
• Antihypertensive drugs
• Tranquillizers

See full list of 10 treatments for Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

Treatment of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: For more treatment information about Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, see treatment of Tourette Syndrome (Gilles de la Tourette syndrome)

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: Article Excerpts about Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome (TS) is an inherited neurological disorder characterized by repeated involuntary movements and ... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Tourette Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Gilles de la Tourette syndrome:

• neuropsychiatric disorder
• echolalia
• chorea
• dystonia
• autism
• asthma
• allergies
• obsessive compulsive disorder
• attention deficit disoder

Terms associated with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome:

Terms Similar to Gilles de la Tourette syndrome:

• Tourette disease

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External links related to: Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

• Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (www.whonamedit.com)
• eMedicine - Tourette Syndrome : Article by Emad Soliman, MD, MSc
• OMIM - GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; GTS

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