Chorea is characterized by the occurrence of unwilled, irregular movements, abrupt and aimless, in one or more limbs or in the face and trunk, which unlike the movements of tics or habit spasms, ...

‌Chorea is a movement disorder that stems from something wrong with the basal ganglia nerve structure deep in your brain. It causes involuntary movements of the hands, feet, and face. These movements ...

Athetosis and chorea are two types of involuntary movements that can occur in children and adults with neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy. The movements have different features, and the ...

Over 90 percent of people with Huntington’s disease develop chorea. Learn about FDA-approved VMAT2 inhibitors, off-label ...

Many people with Huntington’s disease experience chorea, but they are separate conditions. Chorea is one of several common symptoms of Huntington’s disease, but it has other potential causes. Chorea ...

Motor symptoms of Huntington's disease (HD) are so central to the genetic neurodegenerative disease that it was long called Huntington's chorea. However, they're often untreated, despite a growing ...

An alternate, unitary explanation of these findings was suggested by a previous study from this hospital. 7 Data were presented showing that when chorea, rheumatic polyarthritis and carditis occur in ...

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Background A 75-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis presented with a 4-year history of chorea to a hospital movement disorder clinic. The involuntary movements were initially mild, affecting only ...

July 18, 2012 — Tetrabenazine, amantadine, and riluzole can be helpful in easing chorea symptoms in patients with Huntington's disease (HD), and nabilone may also be considered to treat chorea, ...

Chorea gravidarum is uncommon movement disorder of pregnancy, characterized by involuntary, abrupt, non-rhythmic movements. It can be idiopathic or secondary to the underlying pathology. A 28-year-old ...