Article
Multiple Causes of Pediatric Early Onset Chorea-Clinical and Genetic Approach.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Aug 2018
Blumkin Lubov, Lerman-Sagie Tally, Westenberger Ana, Ben-Pazi Hilla, Zerem Ayelet, Yosovich Keren, Lev Dorit
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This article elucidates a clinical and genetic approach to pediatric early-onset chorea in patients with normal neuroimaging. METHODS: We retrospectively studied patients with onset hyperkinetic movement disorders. Only children with onset of chorea in the first 3 years of life were included, those with an abnormal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or electroencephalogram (EEG) were excluded.We studied...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Age of Onset
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chorea
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation