Chorea and related disorders
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Chorea and related disorders.
Chorea refers to irregular, flowing, non-stereotyped, random, involuntary movements that often possess a writhing quality referred to as choreoathetosis. When mild, chorea can be difficult to differentiate from restlessness. When chorea is proximal and of large amplitude, it is called ballism. Chorea is usually worsened by anxiety and stress and subsides during sleep. Most patients attempt to d...
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investigation. The three diseases mentioned are usually classed together and under the beading of ? Diseases of the Nervous System." The present paper refers chiefly to cborea. A study of the literature of the disease, such as is possible in an isolated Indian station, modified by the observation of a choreic patient, has led to the following remarks. The patient under observation is a girl age...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.019356