Comorbidities and Disease Duration in Tourette Syndrome: Impact on Cognition and Quality of Life of Children.

TS common comorbidities have a differential impact on the cognitive abilities of children and adolescents, which translates into a complex influence on their perceived QoL. A longer clinical history of tics was related to worse cognitive outcomes, which prompts further consideration of disease duration in both clinical and research settings involving children and adolescents.