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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

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Gilles de la Tour·ette syndrome  (zhl d lä t-rt)
n.
See Tourette's syndrome.
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome [dʒiːl də læ tʊəˈrɛt]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) another name for Tourette syndrome
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Noun1.Gilles de la Tourette syndrome - neurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolaliaGilles de la Tourette syndrome - neurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolalia
Tourette's syndrome
syndrome - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
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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.
Alternative Medicines and Treatment for Tourettes Syndrome by Francis Adam / Health, general community
A TOURETTE Syndrome, also known as Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, is a neurological disorder which becomes evident in early childhood or adolescence.
YOUR LIFE: Is there any help for son's grimaces? MERCURY MEDIC by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
The disorder is also known as Gilles de la Tourette syndrome after the neurologist who first described it in 1885.
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