Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Key Takeaways The medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ...

VANCOUVER — Deutetrabenazine used to treat chorea in patients with Huntington's disease (HD) continues to be safe over the long term, with stabilization of motor symptoms at 1 year, results of a new ...

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Huntington's disease is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder that affects both motor and cognitive function and gradually reduces the independence and quality of life of those affected. One of the ...

Motor symptoms of Huntington's disease (HD) are so central to the genetic neurodegenerative disease that it was long called Huntington's chorea. However, they're often untreated, despite a growing ...

An alternate, unitary explanation of these findings was suggested by a previous study from this hospital. 7 Data were presented showing that when chorea, rheumatic polyarthritis and carditis occur in ...

Chorea can be caused in several other conditions as well such as Sydenham’s chorea (a complication of rheumatic fever), drugs (levodopa, anti-convulsants, and anti-psychotics), metabolic and endocrine ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today voted unanimously to recommend the approval of tetrabenazine, which would be the first ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most patients with chorea and antiphospholipid antibody were women, with chorea onset at an average age of 22.8 ...

THIS report describes the clinical, laboratory and genetic investigations of a large Negro family, many of whose members exhibit choreiform movements of early onset and nonprogressive nature. As far ...

Chorea is a neurological disorder which causes abnormal involuntary movements. The abnormal involuntary movements are caused due to the over activity of a neurotransmitter called dopamine in the areas ...