title: [Tics and Gilles de la Tourette disease].
abstract: Clinical characteristics of tic disorders are complex and difficult to ascertain, the pathophysiology remains unknown. Their diagnosis can only be performed clinically they can be classified into two groups with opposite prognosis: transient tics of children with favorable spontaneous evolution, and Gilles de la Tourette disease, a life long disorder with disappointing therapeutic possibilities.
authors.affiliation: Neurologie A Hôpital G. Montpied BP 69, Clemont-Ferrand.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dordain
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy