Literature DB >> 8962590

Benign hereditary chorea improved on stimulant therapy.

R L Friederich1.   

Abstract

Stimulant therapy is usually contraindicated in patients with movement disorders such as tics or chorea. A young boy is reported who had benign hereditary chorea and attention deficit disorder, whose chorea, handwriting, and independent ambulation paradoxically improved with methylphenidate treatment.

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Year:  1996        PMID： 8962590     DOI： 10.1016/0887-8994(96)00056-2

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Pediatr Neurol        ISSN： 0887-8994            Impact factor:   3.372


  2 in total

1.  The Movement Disorder of Brain-Lung-Thyroid Syndrome Can be Responsive to Methylphenidate.

Authors:  Laurence Gauquelin; Luan T Tran; Sylvain Chouinard; Geneviève Bernard
Journal:  Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)       Date:  2017-10-26

Review 2.  A novel de novo mutation of the TITF1/NKX2-1 gene causing ataxia, benign hereditary chorea, hypothyroidism and a pituitary mass in a UK family and review of the literature.

Authors:  Liana Veneziano; Michael H Parkinson; Elide Mantuano; Marina Frontali; Kailash P Bhatia; Paola Giunti
Journal:  Cerebellum       Date:  2014-10       Impact factor: 3.847
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