Georges Gilles de la Tourette

In this Romance language name, the surname is Gilles de la Tourette, not Tourette.
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
Born
Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette

(1857-10-30)30 October 1857
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers, Vienne, France
Died22 May 1904(1904-05-22) (aged 46)
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Known forNamesake of Tourette syndrome

Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (French: [ʒɔʁʒ albɛʁ edwaʁ bʁytys ʒil də la tuʁɛt]; 30 October 1857 – 22 May 1904) was a French neurologist and the namesake of Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder[1][2] characterized by tics.[3] His main contributions in medicine were in the fields of hypnotism and hysteria.[3]

  1. ^ DSM-5-TR
  2. ^ ICD-11
  3. ^ a b Rickards H, Cavanna AE (2009). "Gilles de la Tourette: the man behind the syndrome". J Psychosom Res. 67 (6): 469–74. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.07.019. PMID 19913650.