A new guideline recommends several treatments for people with Huntington's disease who experience chorea—jerky, random, uncontrollable movements that can make everyday activities challenging.

The movement disorder is characterized by involuntary movements known as chorea, and by the impairment of voluntary movements. The latter often presents the greatest disability resulting in reduced ...

From the Department of Psychiatry — New Hampshire State Hospital, Concord, N. H. Stone — Assistant Physician, N. H. State Hospital, Concord, New Hampshire. For record and address of author see ...

A type of dyskinesia characterized by rapid, jerky involuntary body movements. Chorea may be a symptom of a related condition. More info below. Sometimes Chorea may signify an underlying health ...

SOM3355 (bevantolol hydrochloride) hit its objectives in a phase 2 trial in patients with Huntington's disease, improving the involuntary, jerky movements known as chorea that are a key symptom of ...

The Department of Neurology at UAB has been training fellows in movement disorders since 2003. The fellows gain expertise in diagnosing and treating Parkinson’s disease, atypical Parkinsonian ...

The hallmark symptom of Huntington's disease is the presence of progressive chorea (abnormal involuntary movements), which is accompanied by psychiatric symptoms and cognitive decline. An ...

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a form of drug-induced (iatrogenic) movement disorder that is one form of tardive syndrome. Other forms of tardive syndrome include tardive stereotypy, tardive chorea, ...