Choreoathetosis is the occurrence of involuntary movements in a combination of chorea (irregular migrating contractions) and athetosis (twisting and writhing).
It is caused by many different diseases and agents. It is a symptom of several diseases, including Lesch–Nyhan syndrome, phenylketonuria, and Huntington disease and can be a feature of kernicterus (rapidly increasing unconjugated bilirubin that cross the blood-brain-barrier in infants).
Choreoathetosis is also a common presentation of dyskinesia as a side effect of levodopa-carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson disease.[1]
The use of crack cocaine or amphetamines can result in conditions nicknamed crack dancing, or tweaking respectively, described as choreoathetoid.[2]
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Choreoathetosis is the occurrence of involuntary movements in a combination of chorea (irregular migrating contractions) and athetosis (twisting and writhing)...
Paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis (PKC) also called paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) is a rare hyperkinetic movement disorder characterized...
movements). A video of choreoathetosis in a patient with dyskinetic cerebral palsy can be seen here: Dyskinetic cerebral palsy: choreoathetosis on YouTube. Patients...
described by Mount and Reback in 1940 under the name "Familial paroxysmal choreoathetosis". It is a rare hereditary disease that affects various muscular and...
athetosis can and usually do occur together in a condition called choreoathetosis. Athetosis is a commonly occurring symptom in the disease cerebral...
Infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis (ICCA) syndrome is a neurological genetic disorder with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. It is characterized...
Choi, I. S.; Kim, J. H.; Jung, W. Y. (1996). "Paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis". Yonsei Medical Journal. 37 (1): 68–71. doi:10.3349/ymj.1996.37.1...
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PKC may refer to: Paroxysmal kinesogenic choreoathetosis, a neurological disorder Protein kinase C, a family of enzymes Public-key...
detected in a normal audiogram, accompanied by impairments of speech with choreoathetosis. With advances in technology this has proven to not be the case, as...
Vitus' dance, related to a series of social phenomena of the same name. Choreoathetosis Dancing mania Stimming Tic Gillian, Bates; Sarah, Tabrizi; Lesley,...
condition due to maldevelopment of the corpus striatum associated with choreoathetosis, in which the striate nuclei have a marble-like appearance caused by...
Paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia DYT9 601042 SLC2A1 1p35-p31.3 Episodic choreoathetosis/spasticity (now known to be synonymous with DYT18) DYT10 128200 PRRT2...
includes pawing, burrowing, salivation, and coarse tremors leading to choreoathetosis. These Type II pyrethroid-specific behaviors are collectively described...
PMID 19390698. Spitz M, Lucato LT, Haddad MS, Barbosa ER (September 2008). "Choreoathetosis secondary to lead toxicity". Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. 66 (3A):...
involved in Huntington's disease, and movement disorders such as chorea, choreoathetosis, and dyskinesias. These have also been described as circuit disorders...
narcolepsy in this country. Overdose of pemoline may present with choreoathetosis symptoms. Other stimulants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors are contraindicated...
involves transient abnormal involuntary movements, such as dystonia and choreoathetosis, induced by exercise or exertion, and affecting the exercised limbs...
characterized by more prominent tremors and involuntary, writhing movements (choreoathetosis), whereas Claude's syndrome is primarily marked by difficulties with...
tonic, tonic-clonic, or myoclonic limb movements, dystonic posturing, choreoathetosis, ocular nystagmus, and various other ocular motor abnormalities. Almost...
dystonia. When combined with chorea, as in cerebral palsy, the term "choreoathetosis" is frequently used. Chorea is a continuous, random-appearing sequence...
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