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7 y/o son with aspergers and tic disorder. recently he started with palilalia (repeats self in whisper), does this mean it is tourette's?
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Td: Technical definition of tourette's syndrome involves having more than one motor tic and at least a vocal tic.
Answered 4/20/2013
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