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Tourette Syndrome: A neurological disorder involving vocal and movement tics where where uncontrollable movements or verbal utterances are made. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Tourette Syndrome is available below.
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Prognosis for Tourette Syndrome: Good. Normal life span. Not degenerative. May improve with age.
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Tourette Syndrome (TS) is an inherited neurological disorder characterized by repeated involuntary movements and uncontrollable vocal sounds called tics. In a few cases, such tics can include inappropriate words and phrases. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Tourette Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)
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. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Tourette Syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Tourette Syndrome, or a subtype of Tourette Syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Tourette Syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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