Tourette syndrome

Summary

Tourette syndrome is a rare disease^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,082 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tourette syndrome's instance of is recorded as rare disease^[3].
• Tourette syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease^[4].
• Georges Gilles de la Tourette is named after Tourette syndrome^[5].
• Tourette syndrome is a type of tic disorder^[6].
• Tourette syndrome is a type of genetic disease^[7].
• Tourette syndrome is a type of genetic movement disorder^[8].
• Tourette syndrome is a type of disease^[9].
• Tourette syndrome's Commons category is recorded as Tourette syndrome^[10].
• Tourette syndrome's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as P10^[11].
• Tourette syndrome's symptoms and signs is recorded as tic^[12].
• Tourette syndrome's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tourette syndrome^[13].
• Tourette syndrome's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 307.23^[14].
• Tourette syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C35078^[15].
• Tourette syndrome's different from is recorded as turret^[16].
• Tourette syndrome's health specialty is recorded as neurology^[17].
• Tourette syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as ziprasidone^[18].
• Tourette syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as mecamylamine^[19].
• Tourette syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as haloperidol^[20].
• Tourette syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as risperidone^[21].
• Tourette syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as pergolide^[22].
• Tourette syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as pimozide^[23].
• Tourette syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as clonidine^[24].
• Tourette syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as perphenazine^[25].
• Tourette syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as tetrabenazine^[26].
• Tourette syndrome's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as aripiprazole^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Tourette syndrome include Tourette's^[28], a musical work/composition^[29].

Why It Matters

Tourette syndrome ranks in the top 1% of rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,082 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Tourette's^[28], a musical work/composition^[29].