Open AccessSt. Vitus Dance
Author(s) -
Soumen Devidutta,
Ambuj Roy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.003635
Subject(s) - chorea , medicine , dance , tongue , pathology , art , literature , disease
An 11-year-old boy presented to our clinic with abnormal involuntary jerky movements of the limbs for 3 months. Examination revealed fidgetiness with frequent rapid, irregular, and aimless involuntary movements of all 4 limbs, hypotonia, frequent facial grimacing, and dysarthria (Movie I in the online-only Data Supplement). The movements used to disappear with sleep. He was unable to sustain his hands raised above …
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