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.
Avanzini G, et al. Oculomotor disorders in Huntington's chorea. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1979; 42:581-589.
DePen G, et al. Disturbance of eye movements in Huntington's chorea. Arch Psychiatr Nervenkr 1981; 229:205-213.
Duane TD. Clinical Ophthalmology Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1987.
Fahn S. Movements disorders. In: Rowland LP, ed. Merritt’s Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995:695-703.
Rowlan LP, Pedley TA. Abetalipoproteinemia. In: Rowland LP, ed. Merritt’s Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995:594-596.
Ocular: Lid retraction; spasmodic closures; apraxia of lid opening; disoriented ocular movements; anisocoria; mydriasis; hippus.
Clinical: Involuntary purposeless movements; emotional ability; muscle weakness.
Avanzini G, et al. Oculomotor disorders in Huntington's chorea. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1979; 42:581-589.
DePen G, et al. Disturbance of eye movements in Huntington's chorea. Arch Psychiatr Nervenkr 1981; 229:205-213.
Duane TD. Clinical Ophthalmology Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1987.
Fahn S. Movements disorders. In: Rowland LP, ed. Merritt’s Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995:695-703.
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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