Tourettism refers to a presentation of a patient with signs and symptoms which resemble
Tourette syndrome, in the absence of the syndrome itself.
Similar signs
- Chorea
- Myoclonus
- Dystonia
- Torsion dystonia
- Idiopathic dystonia
Differential diagnosis
- Down syndrome
- Hepatolenticular degeneration
- Huntington's disease
- Intellectual disability
- Schizophrenia
- Stereotypic movement disorder
Infectious or post-infectious
- Encephalitis
- Sydenham's chorea
Drug-induced
- Levodopa
- Carbamazepine
- Lamotrigine
- Phenytoin
- Phenobarbital
- Haloperidol
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