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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
Lopes-Cendes, Iscia, Odile Russaouen, Cécile Cazeneuve, Cazeneuve, Cécile, Walker R.H., Russaouen O., Bader B., Guilherme Riccioppo Rodrigues, Brice A., Russaouen, Odile, Tumas, Vitor, Wilson Marques Jr., Rodrigues G.R., Iscia Lopes-Cendes, Danek, Adrian, Adrian Danek, MARQUES JR., Wilson, Brice, Alexis, Marques Jr. W., Marques, Wilson, Vitor Tumas, Walker, Ruth H., Bader, Benedikt, Benedikt Bader, Danek A., Cazeneuve C., Ruth H. Walker, Riccioppo Rodrigues, Guilherme, RODRIGUES, Guilherme Riccioppo, Alexis Brice, Tumas V., Lopes-Cendes I.   +31 more
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18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of chorea

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, Hitoshi Mochizuki, Miyuki Miyamoto, Yuka Ebihara, Kazutaka Shiomi, Masamitsu Nakazato   +5 more
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Computational identification of phospho-tyrosine sub-networks related to acanthocyte generation in neuroacanthocytosis [PDF]

, 2012
Acanthocytes, abnormal thorny red blood cells (RBC), are one of the biological hallmarks of neuroacanthocytosis syndromes (NA), a group of rare hereditary neurodegenerative disorders.
Pantaleo, Antonella, Angela Siciliano, Jung, Hans H., Pantaleo A., Ruth H. Walker (184548), Dotti Maria Teresa, Bader B., Sara Mazzucco, Lucia De Franceschi (184533), Dotti, Maria Teresa, Tomelleri Carlo, Bader, B, Hans H. Jung (184555), Walker R. H., Mazzucco, Sara, Walker, R H, Scardoni, G, Danek, A, Carlo Tomelleri, Giovanni Scardoni, Sara Mazzucco (184565), Scardoni G, Bader Benedikt, Dotti, M T, Siciliano, Angela, Danek, Adrian, Tomelleri C, Lucia De Franceschi, Giovanni Scardoni (184538), Adrian Danek, Antonella Pantaleo (184574), Pantaleo, A, Pantaleo Antonella, Laudanna Carlo, Jung H. H., Benedikt Bader, Adrian Danek (4947), De Franceschi Lucia, Scardoni G., Siciliano A, Antonella Pantaleo, Danek Adrian, Tomelleri, Carlo, Hans H Jung, Jung, H H, Carlo Laudanna (184575), Laudanna C., Benedikt Bader (184560), Jung Hans H., DOTTI, MARIA, De Franceschi L, Jung HH, Tomelleri, C, Walker RH, De Franceschi, L, Pantaleo A, Laudanna, Carlo, Danek A, Carlo Laudanna, Siciliano, A, De Franceschi, Lucia, Maria Teresa Dotti (184569), Walker Ruth H., Scardoni, Giovanni, Ruth H Walker, Maria Teresa Dotti, Mazzucco Sara, Bader B, Scardoni Giovanni, Mazzucco, S, Dotti M. T., Laudanna, C, Angela Siciliano (184571), Siciliano Angela, Carlo Tomelleri (184542), Walker, Ruth H., Bader, Benedikt, Mazzucco S, Danek A.   +78 more
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Acupuncture Treatment for Ipsilateral Hemichorea Associated With Non-Ketotic Hyperglycemia: A Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT For hemichorea associated with non‐ketotic hyperglycemia, hypoglycemic therapy is the most commonly used and effective treatment modality. However, some patients may still present with residual chorea‐like symptoms after glycemic control. Alternative symptomatic treatments, such as dopamine receptor antagonists or antipsychotics, carry the ...
He Y, Li H, Dai Q.
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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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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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Safety and Efficacy of Tetrabenazine and Use of Concomitant Medications During Long-Term, Open-Label Treatment of Chorea Associated with Huntington's and Other Diseases

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2013
Background: Although tetrabenazine, a drug that depletes presynaptic dopamine by inhibiting vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2), was approved by the U.S.
Vivienne Shen, Kathleen Clarence-Smith, Christine Hunter, Joseph Jankovic   +3 more
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Phenytoin induced Chorea: commonly used antiepileptic drug causing a rare movement disorder [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2020
Background: Phenytoin, a commonly prescribed antiepileptic drug, causes side effects like ataxia, tremor, hirsutism, gum hyperplasia, insomnia, confusion, headache and vertigo when used for longer duration.
Rambhupal NAGIREDDY, Deepika Joshi, Sooraj Patil, Anand Kumar   +3 more
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Sydenham Chorea On Indonesian 10 Years Old Boy Caused By Rheumatic Heart Disease : Case Report And Literature Review

Medical and Health Science Journal, 2022
Sydenham's chorea (SC) is one of the manifestations of rheumatic fever, and is the most common cause of chorea in childrens. Sydenham chorea is characterized by involuntary movements such as jerking of the arms, legs, and face.
Laily Irfana, M. Perdana Airlangga, Nina Devi Indrawati, M. Hanun Mahyuddin   +3 more
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Clinical, laboratory and instrumental characteristics of children with sydenham’s chorea

RUDN Journal of Medicine, 2017
Sydenham's chorea (SC) is a major clinical criterion in acute rheumatic fever (RF). SC is a late neurological manifestation of acute rheumatic fever which occurs 1 to 6 months after pharyngeal infection with group A betahemolytic streptococci.
M G Kantemirova, Yu Yu Novikova, O A Korovina, I M Drozdova, E A Degtyareva, D Yu Ovsyannikov, I E Koltunov   +6 more
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