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Abstract
Excessive movement of muscles of the body as a whole, which may be associated with organic or psychological disorders.
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- Hyperactivity, Motor
- Hyperkinesia
- Hyperkinetic Movements
- Hyperkinetic Movement
- Motor Hyperactivity
- Movement, Hyperkinetic
- Movements, Hyperkinetic
- Hyperkinesia, Generalized
- Generalized Hyperkinesia
- Generalized Hyperkinesias
- Hyperkinesias, Generalized
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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
human & animal; MOTOR ACTIVITY is also available: see note there; do not confuse with MYOKYMIA or ISAACS SYNDROME
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History Note
69; was HYPERKINESIA see under MOVEMENT DISORDERS 1963-68
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Previous Indexing
- Movement Disorders (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hyperkinesis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006948. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006948
- Hyperkinesis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperkinesia
- Hyperkinesis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1641007