• Chorea (or choreia, occasionally) is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder, one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias. The term chorea...
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  • Sydenham's chorea, also known as rheumatic chorea, is a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face,...
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    Huntington's disease (HD), also known as Huntington's chorea, is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that is mostly inherited. The earliest symptoms...
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    Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc, also called choreoacanthocytosis) is a rare hereditary disease caused by a mutation in a gene that directs structural proteins...
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  • Benign hereditary chorea (BHC), also known as benign familial chorea, is a rare autosomal dominant neurogenetic syndrome. It typically presents itself...
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  • Chorea gravidarum is a rare type of chorea which presents with involuntary abnormal movement, characterized by abrupt, brief, nonrhythmic, nonrepetitive...
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  • peculiar motor disturbances, which Morvan reported under the term “fibrillary chorea” but which are best described in modern terms as neuromyotonic discharges...
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  • Look up chorea or choreá in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chorea is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder. Chorea or Choreia may also refer to:...
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  • neuroacanthocytosis syndromes, in which acanthocytes are a typical feature, are chorea acanthocytosis and McLeod syndrome. Acanthocytes are seen less frequently...
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  • Choreia (redirect from Chorea (dance))
    Choreia (Ancient Greek: χορεία, romanized: choreía) is a circle dance accompanied by singing (see Greek chorus, choros), in ancient Greece. Homer refers...
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    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This damage disrupts...
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    Hyperkinesia (section Chorea)
    conjunction with chorea and dystonia. When combined with chorea, as in cerebral palsy, the term "choreoathetosis" is frequently used. Chorea is a continuous...
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  • differs from chorea in that the movements occur in the proximal limbs whereas in chorea the limb movements are in the distal limbs. Also in chorea the movements...
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    Dicranomyia chorea is a Palearctic species of cranefly in the family Limoniidae. It is found in a wide range of habitats and micro habitats: in earth rich...
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  • by involuntary muscle movements, including movements similar to tics or chorea and diminished voluntary movements. Dyskinesia can be anything from a slight...
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    during the medieval era. This psychogenic illness could have created a chorea (from the Greek khoreia meaning "to dance"), a situation comprising random...
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    neuropathy, cardiomyopathy, and hemolytic anemia. Other features include limb chorea, facial tics, other oral movements (lip and tongue biting), seizures, a...
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    Food and Drug Administration approved the use of tetrabenazine to treat chorea associated with Huntington's disease. Although other drugs had been used...
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  • named after Saint Vitus, may refer to: Chorea, a movement disorder, specifically either: Sydenham's chorea Huntington disease Dancing mania, a Medieval...
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    Lonchaea chorea is a species of fly in the family Lonchaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic. The larva develops in cow dung. For terms see Morphology...
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  • Stereotypic movement disorder F98.5 Huntington's disease (Huntington's chorea) 333.4 G10 Dystonia G24 Drug induced dystonia G24.0 Idiopathic familial...
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    as Sydenham chorea. Dancing mania has also been known as epidemic chorea: 125  and epidemic dancing. A disease of the nervous system, chorea is characterized...
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    name "Saint Vitus Dance" was given to the neurological disorder Sydenham's chorea. It also led to Vitus being considered the patron saint of dancers and of...
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    During this period, he was able to better observe the cases of hereditary chorea, which he had seen for the first time with his grandfather and father. In...
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    sticking out the tongue or smacking the lips. Additionally, there may be chorea or slow writhing movements. In about 20% of people with TD, the disorder...
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    originally designed to treat movement disorders are being developed. Sydenham's chorea is a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily...
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  • Meigen, 1824 Synonyms Hyalomya carbonaria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Hyalomya chorea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 Hyalomya corinna Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Phasia...
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    they went on to release two more singles off the album, "Warpath" and "Chorea". In November 2011 they released the Hexagons EP as a digital download....
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  • thought to be hereditary, such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, Huntington's chorea and "imbecility". Sterilization was also mandated for chronic alcoholism...
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