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Research & Reviews 1,555 results
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819814-8.00002-0
Handbook of Clinical Neurology; Hawkes MA, Ameriso SF
Feb 26th, 2021 - Sydenham chorea, also known as St. Vitus dance, is a major clinical criterion for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever. Clinically, it results in a combination of movement disorders and complex neuropsychiatric symptoms. Cardiac damage due to rh...
https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2020_210 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.03.007
Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences; Meyer J
Feb 24th, 2021 - Initial reports supporting the possibility of inflammation in the brain in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) evolved from the models of Sydenham's Chorea, and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS),...
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.14772
European Journal of Neurology; Dulski J, Sulek A et. al.
Feb 12th, 2021 - Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal-dominant neurodegenerative disease, characterized by a triad of motor (most often chorea), cognitive and neuropsychiatric disturbances 1 . It is caused by a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in exon 1 of ...
https://doi.org/10.1080/14656566.2021.1876666
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy; Gibson JS, Claassen DO
Feb 8th, 2021 - Introduction Chorea is a common motor manifestation of Huntington's disease (HD). Two vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 (VMAT-2) inhibitors have been approved by the FDA for treatment of HD chorea, and a third is currently being assessed in a...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2021.117328
Journal of the Neurological Sciences; Ahn JH, Song J et. al.
Jan 30th, 2021 - Post-pump chorea (PPC), defined as the development of chorea after major cardiac surgery utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), has been rarely reported in adults. We compared 17 patients with adult-onset PPC to controls who did not develop chore...
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00702-018-1900-6
Neurology and Preclinical Neurological Studies;
Jul 2nd, 2018 - Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease have been controlled with levodopa for many years; however, motor complications consisting of wearing off of medication effect and dyskinesias tend to occur within a few years of starting levodopa. Motor complicatio...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3413759
Neurology Armstrong MJ, Miyasaki JM et. al.
Jul 20th, 2012 - To develop an evidence-based guideline assessing pharmacologic options for treating Huntington disease (HD) chorea. We evaluated available evidence from a structured literature review performed through February 2011. If HD chorea requires treatmen...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mdc3.12759
Movement Disorders;
Levodopa‐induced dyskinesia (LID) is a recognized motor response complication affecting 30% to 80% of patients with Parkinson's disease on chronic levodopa (l‐dopa) therapy.1, 2 It is typically choreiform, and involves all parts of the body, espec...
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https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819814-8.00002-0
Handbook of Clinical Neurology; Hawkes MA, Ameriso SF
Feb 26th, 2021 - Sydenham chorea, also known as St. Vitus dance, is a major clinical criterion for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever. Clinically, it results in a combination of movement disorders and complex neuropsychiatric symptoms. Cardiac damage due to rh...
https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2020_210 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.03.007
Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences; Meyer J
Feb 24th, 2021 - Initial reports supporting the possibility of inflammation in the brain in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) evolved from the models of Sydenham's Chorea, and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS),...
https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=5386deb1-9ccb-48ee-a0c8-4c0401608318
Feb 15th, 2021 - Sedative. Sedation is obtainable within an hour, and in adequate dosage, the duration of action is more than six hours. Included in the more common conditions in which the sedative action of this class of drugs is desired are anxiety-tension state...
https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=549ddfb4-576b-4dc9-8f38-48acf906bae5
Feb 14th, 2021 - Sedative. Sedation is obtainable within an hour, and in adequate dosage, the duration of action is more than six hours. Included in the more common conditions in which the sedative action of this class of drugs is desired are anxiety-tension state...
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.14772
European Journal of Neurology; Dulski J, Sulek A et. al.
Feb 12th, 2021 - Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal-dominant neurodegenerative disease, characterized by a triad of motor (most often chorea), cognitive and neuropsychiatric disturbances 1 . It is caused by a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in exon 1 of ...
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https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/929783_6
May 26th, 2020 - Initiation of saccadic movements is slow and uncoordinated, and smooth pursuit is interrupted by saccadic intrusions. Patients are unable to inhibit saccades toward a peripheral stimulus when instructed to look in the opposite direction. Eye movem...
https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/929780_3
May 26th, 2020 - The initial stages of Huntington disease are often characterized by deficits in short-term memory. This is frequently followed by motor dysfunction and a variety of cognitive changes, including diminished verbal fluency and problems with attention...
https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/929780
May 26th, 2020 - Huntington disease (HD) is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder named after Dr George Huntington, who in 1872 reported his observations of dementia and chorea that ran in families on the East End of Long Island, New York. The disease is now known ...
https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/923959_3
Feb 20th, 2020 - Postural instability frequently occurs in patients with Huntington disease, but it is uncommon in patients with neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia. Unlike tardive dyskinesia, Huntington disease appears with chorea (derived from the Greek word ...
https://www.mdedge.com/psychiatry/article/197698/neurology/angry-disciple/page/0/2?channel=41019
Apr 1st, 2019 - Psychiatric manifestations of Huntington’s disease Huntington’s disease is characterized by motor, cognitive, and behavioral disturbances (Table 22,4). Motor symptoms include a characteristic and well-recognized chorea, often predominating earlier.