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Gilles de la Tourette

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Noun1.Gilles de la Tourette - French neurologist (1857-1904)
Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Tourette
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George Gilles de la Tourette who first reported the condition in medical literature in 1885.
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Tourette syndrome (also called Tourette''s syndrome, Tourette''s disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, GTS or, more commonly, simply Tourette''s or TS) is an inherited neurological disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by the presence of multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane.
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Tourette's is named for Georges Gilles de la Tourette, the French doctor who discovered it in 1885.
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