Hyperkinetic Movement Disorder as the First Manifestation of Moyamoya Disease in a 15-Year-Old: A Case Report. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Physicians evaluating pediatric movement disorders, especially chorea, should consider a broad differential diagnosis, including vascular etiologies such as moyamoya disease. Prompt recognition, appropriate neuroimaging, and early diagnosis are crucial for guiding management and optimizing patient outcomes.
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A 50 year old with a rapid neuropsychiatric deterioration and choreaform movements [PDF]
, 2017 A 50-year-old man presented acutely to the hospital with behavioural disturbance, choreiform movements and profound nihilistic delusions. He reported recent drug and alcohol abuse, and also apparent involvement in several recent criminal activities, for ...
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Chorea, Pruritus and Polycythemia: Looking for Clues
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2019 Chorea is a movement disorder usually due to vascular, hereditary, metabolic or drug- induced causes, and has rarely been reported in association with polycythemia vera (PV).
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Brain muscarinic cholinergic receptors in Huntington's disease [PDF]
, 1992 Muscarinic cholinergic receptors and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity were studied in postmortem brain tissue from patients with Huntington's disease and matched control subjects.
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Neurology International, 2018 Chorea is thought to be caused by deactivation of the indirect pathway in the basal ganglia circuit. However, few imaging studies have evaluated the basal ganglia circuit in actual patients with chorea.
Nobuyuki Ishii +5 more
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Charles West: a 19th century perspective on acquired childhood aphasia [PDF]
, 2005 Dr Charles West was the founder (1852) of the first paediatric hospital in the English-speaking world. In a career spanning four decades, he devoted a great part of his energies to describing the nervous diseases of infants and children.
Hellal, Paula, Lorch, Marjorie
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Chorea: A Journey Throughout History
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2015 The original descriptions of chorea date from the Middle Ages, when an epidemic of “dancing mania” swept throughout Europe. The condition was initially considered a curse sent by a saint, but was named “Saint Vitus’s dance&rdquo ...
Thiago Cardoso Vale, Francisco Cardoso
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Clinical and genetic analysis of 29 Brazilian patients with Huntington’s disease-like phenotype [PDF]
, 2011 Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by chorea, behavioral disturbances and dementia, caused by a pathological expansion of the CAG trinucleotide in the HTT gene. Several patients have been recognized with the typical
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A case report: chorea gravidarum [PDF]
International Journal of Biological and Medical Research, 2011 Chorea gravidarum is the term given to chorea occurring during pregnancy. It is not an etiologically or pathologically distinct morbid entity, but a generic term for chorea of any etiology.
Sheela SR, Gomathy E , Anitha NPG
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Oxidative stress parameters in plasma of Huntington's disease patients, asymptomatic Huntington's disease gene carriers and healthy subjects : a cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2007 BACKGROUND : Animal data and postmortem studies suggest a role of oxidative stress in the Huntington's disease (HD), but in vivo human studies have been scarce.
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