CLINICAL APPROACH OF THE PATIENT WITH CHOREA

Authors

M. Breza
G. Koutsis
G. Karadima
M. Panas
K. Potagas

Keywords:

Chorea, Huntington’s disease, Huntington disease-like syndromes, acquired chorea

Abstract

Chorea is a hyperkinetic movement disorder that can be observed in many hereditary or acquired diseases and syndromes. The present review offers some clinical information about differential diagnosis and etiology of chorea. Α diagnostic algorithm is proposed and the most common causes of chorea are discussed. Some of the conditions where chorea is present are briefly described. Finally, the pharmacological treatment of chorea is discussed, and some recent, clinically significant advances in the field are outlined.