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Neuroacanthocytosis: a case report of chorea-acanthocytosis [PDF]

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2019
Neuroacanthocytosis is a rare progressive neurodegenerative disease, including chorea-acanthocytosis, McLeod syndrome, Huntington’s disease-like 2, and pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration, where chorea-acanthocytosis occupies the main entity
Yuanyuan Xiang, Shan Li, Xiaohui Liu, Jifeng, Li, Qinjian, Sun, Yan, Chen, Yifeng Du, Junwei Wu
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Efficacy of Steroid Therapy in Management of Sydenham’s Chorea in Children: A Comparative Prospective Study

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: To determine the efficacy of steroid therapy in Sydenham’s chorea in children. Study Design: Comparative prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Inpatient and Outpatient Department of Pediatric Neurology, Children Hospital and ...
Mohsin Ali, Javeria Raza Alvi, Zia -ur- Rehman, Tipu Sultan   +3 more
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Three Challenging Cases of Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Case-Series and a Review of the Literature. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT This manuscript highlights the importance of considering autoimmune encephalitis in patients presenting with multisystem symptoms that cannot be explained by a single neurological condition. Early inclusion of autoimmune encephalitis in the differential diagnosis can help avoid unnecessary treatments and reduce overall healthcare costs.
Bahramy MA, Pedramfard P, Shahriarirad R.   +2 more
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Immune-mediated chorea in a patient with kappa light-chain monoclonal gammopathy

Annals of Movement Disorders, 2020
The objective of this paper was to report on a case of steroid-responsive chorea in a patient with κ light-chain monoclonal gammopathy. In addition to subacute-onset generalized chorea, evidence of peripheral neuropathy in this elderly gentleman led us ...
Amrita J Gotur, Roopa Rajan, Rishi Dhawan, Ajay Garg   +3 more
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Chorea and Cognitive Impairment in JAK2V617F-Positive Myeloproliferative Disorders: A Case Report and Literature Review

Medicina, 2023
Chorea is a hyperkinetic movement disorder, accompanied by dystonia, myoclonus, tics, stereotypies, and tremors. It is characterized by excessive, purposeless movements that are distressing, irregularly timed, and randomly distributed.
Ioana Butnariu, Dana Antonescu-Ghelmez, Adriana Moraru, Daniela Nicoleta Anghel, Florentina Melania Cojocaru, Sorin Tuță, Adela Magdalena Ciobanu, Florian Antonescu   +7 more
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Avoidance as a strategy of (not) coping: qualitative interviews with carers of Huntington's Disease patients [PDF]

, 2005
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A Bowling, A Tibben, A Tibben, Alison Lowit, ASC Brouwer-Dudok de Wit, C Pasetti, C Pope, Carers National Association, E Teijlingen van, E van Teijlingen, Edwin R van Teijlingen, H Skirton, HR Boeije, HW Krohne, J Cheung, J Gilbert, J Korer, J Shakespeare, K Forrest, K Forrest Keenan, K McGarva, M Bloch, M Culley, MB Hans, PS Harper, R Yale, RW Oliver, S Kessler, SE Folstein, SL Wade, T Rapley, U Flick   +31 more
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Sydenham's chorea: clinical and evolutive characteristics

São Paulo Medical Journal, 2002
CONTEXT: During the last 12 years we have observed an increase in the frequency of Sydenham's chorea in our country. We have observed that some of our patients have presented recurrence of the chorea despite regular treatment with benzathine penicillin ...
Maria Teresa Ramos Ascensão Terreri, Suzana Campos Roja, Claudio Arnaldo Len, Patricia Corte Faustino, Adriana Madureira Roberto, Maria Odete Esteves Hilário   +5 more
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Postanoxia-Induced Chorea Treated with Intravenous Fentanyl

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2023
The case presented is that of a young male with postanoxic brain injury secondary to cocaine overdose who began to exhibit choreiform movements of the left upper extremity.
Ashley Audi, Brittany Cunningham, Christopher Newey   +2 more
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Progression of motor subtypes in Huntington’s disease. a 6-year follow-up study [PDF]

, 2016
The objective of this study is to investigate the progression of predominantly choreatic and hypokinetic-rigid signs in Huntington's disease (HD) and their relationship with cognitive and general functioning over time.
Bentivoglio, A. R., Burgunder, J. M., Craufurd, D., Ferraldeschi, Michela, Hart, E. P., Jacobs, M, Reilmann, R., Ristori, Giovanni, Romano, Silvia, Roos, R. A. C., Saft, C., The REGISTRY, investigators of the European Huntington’s Disease Network, van Zwet, E. W.   +12 more
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Network Localization of Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Fatigue is among the most common symptoms and one of the main factors determining the quality of life in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying fatigue are not fully understood. Here we studied lesion locations and their connections in individuals with MS, aiming to identify brain networks ...
Olli Likitalo, Jaakko Kungshamn, Albert Bellmunt‐Gil, Silvia Tommasin, Abhineet Ojha, Matias Viitala, Juho Aaltonen, Jyrki Lötjönen, Juha Koikkalainen, Pauli Ylikotila, Patrizia Pantano, Merja Soilu‐Hänninen, Juho Joutsa   +12 more
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