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A dyskinesia characterized by an inability to maintain the fingers, toes, tongue, or other body parts in a stable position, resulting in continuous slow, sinusoidal, and flowing involuntary movements. This condition is frequently accompanied by CHOREA, where it is referred to as choreoathetosis. Athetosis may occur as a manifestation of BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES or DRUG TOXICITY. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p76)
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- Athetoid Movements
- Hammond Disease
- Hammond's Disease
- Athetoid Movement
- Athetoses
- Disease, Hammond
- Disease, Hammond's
- Diseases, Hammond
- Diseases, Hammond's
- Hammond Diseases
- Hammond's Diseases
- Hammonds Disease
- Movement, Athetoid
- Movements, Athetoid
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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choreoathetosis = CHOREA (IM) + ATHETOSIS (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Athetosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001264. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001264
- Athetosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athetosis
- Athetosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q755524