Chorea

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Broader Terms

extrapyramidal disorder

Narrower Terms

chorea minor, Huntington's disease

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• Etiology, Epidemiology, and Incidence Sydenham's chorea is generally regarded as an inflammatory complication of group A -hemolytic streptococcal infection, which causes rheumatic fever (see also Rheumatic Fever i 400 n Ch.
• Chorea is the ceaseless occurrence of rapid, jerky involuntary movements.
• Chorea is a type of involuntary movement very much associated with HD.
• The timing of the chorea is important.
• Vitus dance, rheumatic chorea, chorea minor, Definition Sydenham chorea is a type of chorea that is caused by the streptococcal bacteria.

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