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Abstract
Involuntary, forcible, rapid, jerky movements that may be subtle or become confluent, markedly altering normal patterns of movement. Hypotonia and pendular reflexes are often associated. Conditions which feature recurrent or persistent episodes of chorea as a primary manifestation of disease are referred to as CHOREATIC DISORDERS. Chorea is also a frequent manifestation of BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES.
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- Chorea Disorders
- Chorea Syndromes
- Choreatic Disorders
- Choreatic Syndromes
- Choreic Movement
- Choreiform Movement
- Chorea Disorder
- Chorea Syndrome
- Choreas
- Choreatic Disorder
- Choreatic Syndrome
- Choreic Movements
- Choreiform Movements
- Disorder, Chorea
- Disorder, Choreatic
- Disorders, Chorea
- Disorders, Choreatic
- Movement, Choreic
- Movement, Choreiform
- Movements, Choreic
- Movements, Choreiform
- Syndrome, Chorea
- Syndrome, Choreatic
- Syndromes, Chorea
- Syndromes, Choreatic
- Chorea, Benign Hereditary
- Chorea, Chronic Progressive
- Chorea, Rheumatic
- Chorea, Senile
- Chorea, Sydenham
- Dyskinesias, Paroxysmal
- Hereditary Chorea
- Hereditary Progressive Chorea Without Dementia
- Paroxysmal Dyskinesias
- Rheumatic Chorea
- Senile Chorea
- St. Vitus's Dance
- Sydenham Chorea
- Sydenham's Chorea
- Benign Hereditary Chorea
- Benign Hereditary Choreas
- Chorea, Hereditary
- Chorea, Sydenham's
- Choreas, Benign Hereditary
- Choreas, Chronic Progressive
- Choreas, Hereditary
- Choreas, Rheumatic
- Choreas, Senile
- Choreas, Sydenham
- Chronic Progressive Chorea
- Chronic Progressive Choreas
- Dyskinesia, Paroxysmal
- Hereditary Chorea, Benign
- Hereditary Choreas
- Hereditary Choreas, Benign
- Paroxysmal Dyskinesia
- Progressive Chorea, Chronic
- Progressive Choreas, Chronic
- Rheumatic Choreas
- Senile Choreas
- St. Vitus Dance
- St. Vitus's Dances
- St. Vituss Dance
- Sydenham Choreas
- Sydenhams Chorea
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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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Indexing Annotation
choreoathetosis = CHOREA (IM) + ATHETOSIS (IM); MORVAN'S CHOREA see MYOKYMIA and CHOREATIC DISORDERS are also available
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History Note
1963; for CHOREATIC DISORDERS; CHOREA, BENIGN HERIDITARY; CHOREA, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; CHOREA, RHEUMATIC; CHOREA, SENILE; DYSKINESIAS, PAROXYSMAL; & HEREDITARY CHOREA use CHOREATIC DISORDERS 2000-2007
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- National Library of Medicine. Chorea. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002819. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002819
- Chorea. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorea
- Chorea. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076421