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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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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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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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Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2: clinical, biological and genotype/phenotype correlation study of a cohort of 90 patients [PDF]

, 2009
Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2 (AOA2) is an autosomal recessive disease due to mutations in the senataxin gene, causing progressive cerebellar ataxia with peripheral neuropathy, cerebellar atrophy, occasional oculomotor apraxia and elevated alpha ...
Ali-Pacha, L, Anheim, M, Arning, L, Barbot, C, Benhassine, T, Brice, A, Chabrol, B, Charles, P, Chbicheb, M, Coutinho, P, De Bleecker, Jan, Delaunoy, JP, Drouot, N, Durr, A, Fleury, M, Fritsch, M, Gazulla, J, Goizet, C, Hamri, A, Koenig, M, Koht, J, Le Ber, I, M'Zahem, A, Marelli, C, Monga, B, Mukhtar, M, Murphy, R, Pouget, J, Salih, M, Schols, L, Sequeiros, J, Synofzik, M, Tazir, M, Tranchant, C, Watanabe, M   +34 more
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GAD65 Antibody ELISA With Extended Reportable Range: Validation and Guidance for Neurological Practice

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To (1) validate GAD65‐ELISA detection and quantification for type 1 diabetes mellitus and autoimmune neurological diagnoses, (2) correlate ELISA results (reference range < 5 IU/mL) with established radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIA; ≤ 0.02 nmol/L), and (3) define ELISA clinical utility and pitfalls.
Andrew McKeon, Dana Olofson, Diana Anissian, Divyanshu Dubey, Eoin P. Flanagan, Max C. Herman, Sarosh R. Irani, Daniel H. Lachance, Maria A. Willrich, Sean Pittock, John R. Mills, Anastasia Zekeridou   +11 more
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Exploring the Genetic Landscape of Chorea in Infancy and Early Childhood: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment

Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Chorea is a hyperkinetic movement disorder frequently observed in the pediatric population, and, due to advancements in genetic techniques, an increasing number of genes have been associated with this disorder.
Giulia Spoto, Graziana Ceraolo, Ambra Butera, Gabriella Di Rosa, Antonio Gennaro Nicotera   +4 more
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Chorea Associated with High Titers of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in the Absence of Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2015
Background: Chorea associated with high titers of antiphospholipid antibodies in the absence of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome has been seldom reported.Case report: An 89-year-old female developed persistent right side chorea associated with high ...
Damoun Safarpour, Sarah Buckingham, Bahman Jabbari   +2 more
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Autoimmune Encephalitis in Acute Care—Pathology, Diagnosis, and Management

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is characterized by immune‐mediated inflammation of the brain parenchyma, presenting with various neurological syndromes, including but not limited to seizures, altered consciousness, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and movement disorders.
Suneesh Thilak, David Okoh, William Scotton, Shanika Samarasekera, Vikram Patil, Suresh Renukappa, Andrew Macduff, Subashini Suresh, Rajeev Krishnadas, Tonny Veenith   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diabetic chorea as a neurological complication

Clinical Case Reports, 2018
Key Clinical Message Diabetic chorea accompanies hyperglycemic states or drastic changes in blood glucose levels and involves the acute onset of unilateral or bilateral choreatic movements.
Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Moemi Fujikawa, Masanori Matsumoto   +2 more
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Antiphospholipid-related chorea

Frontiers in Neurology, 2012
Chorea is a movement disorder which may be associated with immunologic diseases, in particular in the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). Choreic movements have been linked to the isolated presence of plasmatic aPL, or to primary or secondary ...
Silvio ePeluso, Antonella eAntenora, Anna eDe Rosa, Alessandro eRoca, Gennaro eMaddaluno, Vincenzo eBrescia Morra, Giuseppe eDe Michele   +6 more
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