Thursday, March 08, 2007

Chorea (Acute Chorea; Sydenham Chorea; St. Vitus Dance; Huntington Hereditary Chorea)

General: Mendelian dominant trait.

Ocular: Lid retraction; spasmodic closures; apraxia of lid opening; disoriented ocular movements; anisocoria; mydriasis; hippus.

Clinical: Involuntary purposeless movements; emotional ability; muscle weakness.

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Rowlan LP, Pedley TA. Abetalipoproteinemia. In: Rowland LP, ed. Merritt’s Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995:594-596.

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