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Tourette Syndrome Updated 3/2011

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BASICS

  • Description
  • Epidemiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Pathophysiology
  • Etiology
  • Associated Conditions

DIAGNOSIS

  • Signs and Symptoms
  • Tests
  • Differential Diagnosis

TREATMENT

  • Medication (Drugs)
  • Additional Treatment
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Surgery
  • In-patient Considerations

Ongoing Care

  • Follow-Up Recommendations
  • Prognosis
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BASICS
Description
  • A childhood-onset neurobehavioral disorder characterized by the presence of multiple motor and at least one phonic tic (see Physical Exam section):
    • Tics are sudden, brief, repetitive, stereotyped motor movements (motor tics) or sounds (phonic tics) produced by moving air through the nose, mouth, or throat.
    • Tics tend to occur in bouts.
    • Tics can be simple or complex; motor tics precede vocal tics, and simple tics precede complex tics.
    • Tics often are preceded by sensory symptoms, especially a compulsion to move; patients are able to suppress their tics, but voluntary suppression is associated with an inner tension that results in more forceful tics when suppression ceases.
  • System(s) affected: Nervous
Epidemiology
Incidence
  • Predominant age:
    • Average age of onset ...

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