There is a widely held belief that most patients presenting with senile chorea have late-onset Huntington's disease (HD) with an unknown family history.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
We measured CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the HD gene in four patients with a clinical presentation of senile chorea and found that CAG repetition lengths were normal.[n.neurology.org]
With the present method’ strong bands for the disease alleles were reproducibly visible in a conventional agarose gel stained with ethidium bromide without using isotopes.[tandfonline.com]
At present, more and more authors are inclined to believe that senile chorea is a late manifestation of different genetic variants of chorea. removing several teeth or toothloss in a short period of time (t. n.[medicalformat.com]
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Spasmodic or convulsive tic is sufficiently distinctive of the conditions sometimes designated habit-chorea and the jerky involuntary incoördinate movements of hysteria require no specific designation.[jamanetwork.com]
The symptoms vary in severity--from mild cases in which there is restlessness, facialgrimacing, and a slight degree of incoordination of movements, to severe cases involving involuntary movements that incapacitate the child. 1 Causes of Chorea Senile[streetdirectory.com]
These findings support senile chorea as being a distinct clinical entity that is nosologically separate from late-onset HD.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Look at other dictionaries: Chorea minor — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 I02.0 Rheumatische Chorea mit Herzbeteiligung I02.9 Rheumatische Chorea ohne Herzbeteiligung … Deutsch Wikipedia chorea — choreal, choreic, choreatic /kawr ee at ik, kohr /, adj. choreoid[medicine.academic.ru]
The remaining chapters focus on the abnormal involuntarymovements associated with each disease or syndrome.[books.google.com]
Pathol. 1. any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntarymovements, chiefly of the… … Universalium Chorea — Ceaseless rapid complex body movements that look well coordinated and purposeful but are, in fact, involuntary[medicine.academic.ru]
Chorea is characterized by repetitive, brief, irregular, somewhat rapid involuntarymovements that start in one part of the body and move abruptly, unpredictably, and often continuously to another part.[merckmanuals.com]
Athetosis is a continuous stream of slow, flowing, writhing involuntarymovements. It usually affects the hands and feet. Hemiballismus is a type of chorea, usually involving violent, involuntary flinging of one arm and/or one leg.[msdmanuals.com]
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TREMORTremor is a universal phenomenon. The description of tremors often relies on an assessment of the tremor frequency: this is hard to judge with the naked eye.[academic.sun.ac.za]
Startle syndromes Section 9 Essential tremor 33. Essential tremor 34. Management of essential tremor, including medical and surgical approaches 35. Orthostatic tremor – a review Section 10 Dystonia 36. Early-onset primary dystonia 37.[elsevier.com]
[…] include Wilson's Disease and severe essential tremor (ET is usually postural but when servere can be seen at rest or even with movement) Resting Tremor Postural Tremor Action Tremor Description Tremor when skeletal muscle is at rest.[stanfordmedicine25.stanford.edu]
Tremor See also the separate Tremor article. This is a rhythmic movement of part of the body. Essential tremor and Parkinsonian tremor are the most common forms of tremo. [ 16 ].[patient.info]
Violent movements interfere with articulation muscles, as a result of developing dysarthria - speech disorder caused by disorders of articulation.[medicalformat.com]
Motor symptoms: impairment related to involuntary (chorea) and voluntary movements, reduced manual dexterity, dysarthria, dysphagia, gait instability, and falls are common; parkinsonism and dystonia can be seen in patients with an earlier onset of disease[neupsykey.com]
For example, a family with spastic paraplegia, truncal ataxia, and dysarthria, but without other clinical features of DRPLA, has been found to show homozygosity for an allele that carries intermediate CAG repeats in the DRPLA gene ( Kuroharas et al.,[clinicalgate.com]
In children, the disease is manifested initially by progressive dystonia, rigidity and dysarthria, and hepatic dysfunction, whereas in adults psychiatric symptoms, tremor, and dysarthria usually predominate Wilson's Disease continued Since Kayser-Fleischer[endoflifecare.tripod.com]
., tongue protrusion ) Dysarthria ; and dysphagia Cognitive decline and behavioral changes Dementia (particularly executive dysfunction) Depression (possibly including suicidal tendencies) Apathy Anxiety Aggression and psychosis Cachexia (due to dysphagia[amboss.com]
It is an actiontremor occurring during activity and is of greater amplitude when reaching for a target. The tremor may involve the head, causing titubation (a side to side head tremor), and also often affects the voice.[academic.sun.ac.za]
Kinetic or actiontremor - occurs during voluntary active movement of an upper body part. Intention tremor is one that occurs when a tremor worsens as a goal-directed hand movement nears its intended target.[patient.info]
The tremor of ET is an actiontremor, which is present when the limbs are in active use (eg, while writing or holding a cup). The tremor most commonly involves the arms, although the head and voice may be affected also.[geriatricscareonline.org]
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Treatment and prognosis of senile chorea With respect to senile chorea conducted primarily symptomatic therapy.[medicalformat.com]
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Prognosis The prognosis of chorea depends on its cause. Huntington's chorea is incurable, leading to the patient's death 10 – 25 years after the first symptoms appear.[encyclopedia.com]
What is the prognosis of chorea? The outlook of chorea depends on its cause. Syndenham chorea can be resolved using antibiotics. On average, patients will recover within 1 to 6 months.[medic8.com]
Here, we report a typical case of ’senile chorea’ associated with PAPS, thus expanding the potential underlying etiologies and further narrowing the window of primary ’senile chorea’.[kns.cnki.net]
Imaging eliminates the tumor or post-stroke etiology chorea. Senile Chorea primarily differentiated with ferrets Huntington. The latter manifests before the age of 50.[medicalformat.com]
Although the most common etiologies are vascular and metabolic disorders, neuroacanthocytosis, Wilson and Huntington diseases are included in the differential diagnosis.[tjn.org.tr]
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Epidemiology Sex : Peak incidence : 40 years of age HD is one of the most common hereditary diseases of the brain . References: [1] [2] Epidemiological data refers to the US, unless otherwise specified.[amboss.com]
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Deep brain field potential recordings and functional imaging using single photon emission tomography enabled us to suggest pathophysiological mechanisms for the symptoms.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
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References: [3] Pathophysiology Summary : Molecular and cellular changes lead to neuronal loss and gliosis in the striatum (particularly in the caudate nucleus ) and, subsequently, the thalamus and the cortex Involvement of direct cytotoxic effects Disturbance[amboss.com]
"Pathophysiology of Pediatric Movement Disorders ." Journal of Child Neurology 18 (September 2003) (Supplement 1): S9 – S24. Stemper, B., N. Thurauf, B. Neundorfer, and J. G. Heckmann. "Choreoathetosis Related to Lithium Intoxication."[encyclopedia.com]
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