‌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 ...

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, ...

Huntington's chorea (also known as St. Vitus' dance) is a rare brain disorder that causes, among other symptoms, uncontrollable, jerky movements in individuals. Photo: Getty Images/Science Photo ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chorea can be caused in several other conditions as well such as Sydenham’s chorea (a complication of rheumatic fever), drugs (levodopa, anti-convulsants, and anti-psychotics), metabolic and endocrine ...

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VANCOUVER — Deutetrabenazine used to treat chorea in patients with Huntington's disease (HD) continues to be safe over the long term, with stabilization of motor symptoms at 1 year, results of a new ...

Chorea-acanthocytosis is a rare genetic disorder of the nervous system. It causes involuntary jerks and twitches in the muscles, known as chorea, and star-shaped red blood cells, known as ...

Chorea is a neurological disorder which causes abnormal involuntary movements. The abnormal involuntary movements are caused due to the over activity of a neurotransmitter called dopamine in the areas ...