Post-Streptococcal autoimmune neuropsychiatric disease presenting as paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis

Paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis (PDC) is an episodic, non‐kinesogenic, extrapyramidal movement disorder. It is postulated that PDC is an ion channel disorder. We describe a sporadic case of paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis occurring after streptococcal pharyngitis. The episodes were character...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Movement disorders 2002-07, Vol.17 (4), p.817-820
Hauptverfasser:	Dale, Russell C., Church, Andrew J., Surtees, Robert A.H., Thompson, Edward J., Giovannoni, Gavin, Neville, Brian G.R.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	antibasal ganglia antibody Antibody Specificity - immunology Autoantibodies - blood Autoimmune Diseases - diagnosis Autoimmune Diseases - immunology Bacterial diseases Basal Ganglia - immunology Biological and medical sciences Child Chorea - diagnosis Chorea - immunology Corpus Striatum - immunology Dementia - diagnosis Dementia - immunology Diagnosis, Differential Dystonia - diagnosis Dystonia - immunology Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences PANDAS Pharyngitis - complications Pharyngitis - immunology Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Streptococcal Infections - complications Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis Streptococcal Infections - immunology Streptococcus Sydenham's chorea
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