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The Pathophysiology of Syndeham’s Chorea...
July 1, 2012 - Clinical , Featured By: Neal Shah, Co Editor-In-Chief – Dyskinesias are abnormal, involuntary movement disorders. Subsets of dyskinesias include choreas and atheosis. Chorea is irregular and sporadic contraction of muscles whereas athetosis involves a twisting and writhing of muscles. These two dyskinesias often occur together and are thus termed choreathetosis.1 Common conditions which feature choreatheosis are Huntington’s, and… |