Not many people have heard of Gilles Tourette's Syndrome (GTS). It is a complex and intriguing disorder that displays distinct physical characteristics and unusual mental behaviour. It was the French neurologist Gilles de la Tourette who, in 1885, was the first to conduct a systematic study of the motor and vocal tics which are a hall mark of the syndrome. Over a century later the diagnostic criteria for GTS are still being refined, but the generally …showed first 75 words of 2520 total…

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