Sindrom Tourette
Penampilan
Sindrom Tourette [tu-rét] adalah gangguan genetik neurologi yang diwarisi. Penghidap Sindrom ini diperhatikan mendapat gerenyet (pergerakan atau bunyi keluaran yang tidak mudah dikawal). Keadaan ini biasanya diwarisi, dan muncul ketika zaman kanak-kanak.
Tindakan rawatan untuk gerenyet ini tidak perlu dalam kebanyak kes di mana pendidikan lebih cenderung[1][2] Many individuals with Tourette's go undiagnosed or never seek medical care.
Rujukan
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ Singer HS. "Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders". Handb Clin Neurol. 2011;100:641–57. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-444-52014-2.00046-X PubMed. Also see Singer HS. "Tourette's syndrome: from behaviour to biology". Lancet Neurol. 2005 Mac;4(3):149–59. DOI:10.1016/S1474-4422(05)01012-4 PubMed.
- ^ Peterson, DJ; Cohen (1998). "The treatment of Tourette's Syndrome: multimodal, developmental intervention". J Clin Psychiatry. 59 (1): 62–72; discussion 73–74. PMID 9448671.
Because of the understanding and hope that it provides, education is also the single most important treatment modality that we have in TS.
Lihat juga Zinner 2000.