| tourette syndrome | <syndrome> Both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics present with tics occurring many times a day, nearly daily, over a period of more than one year. The onset is before age 18 and the disturbance is not due to direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition. The disturbance causes marked distress or significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. (dsm-IV, 1994) (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Tourette's disease | <syndrome> Both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics present with tics occurring many times a day, nearly daily, over a period of more than one year. The onset is before age 18 and the disturbance is not due to direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition. The disturbance causes marked distress or significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. (dsm-IV, 1994) (12 Dec 1998) |
| Tourette's syndrome | <syndrome> A neurologic disease of unknown cause that presents with multiple tics (uncontrolled behaviour), associated with snorting, sniffing and involuntary vocalisations. The explosive utterance of obscenities is common. Treatment is with haloperidol. (12 Jan 1998) |
| Gilles de la Tourette, Georges | <person> French physician, 1857-1904. See: Gilles de la Tourette's disease, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, Tourette's disease, Tourette syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Gilles de la Tourette's disease | <syndrome> Both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics present with tics occurring many times a day, nearly daily, over a period of more than one year. The onset is before age 18 and the disturbance is not due to direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition. The disturbance causes marked distress or significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. (dsm-IV, 1994) (12 Dec 1998) |
| Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome | <syndrome> Both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics present with tics occurring many times a day, nearly daily, over a period of more than one year. The onset is before age 18 and the disturbance is not due to direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition. The disturbance causes marked distress or significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. (dsm-IV, 1994) (12 Dec 1998) |