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Chorea

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Chorea (Greek for 'dance') refers to widespread arrhythmic involuntary movements of a forcible, jerky and restless fashion. It is a random-appearing sequence of one or more discrete involuntary movements or movement fragments. Movements appear random because of variability in timing, duration or location. Each movement may have a distinct start and end. However, movements may be strung together and thus may appear to flow randomly from one muscle group to another. Chorea can involve the trunk, neck, face, tongue, and extremities. [ HPO:probinson PMID:20589866 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • MSH:D002819
  • SNOMEDCT_US:271700006
  • UMLS:C4020858
  • UMLS:C0008489
definition

Chorea (Greek for 'dance') refers to widespread arrhythmic involuntary movements of a forcible, jerky and restless fashion. It is a random-appearing sequence of one or more discrete involuntary movements or movement fragments. Movements appear random because of variability in timing, duration or location. Each movement may have a distinct start and end. However, movements may be strung together and thus may appear to flow randomly from one muscle group to another. Chorea can involve the trunk, neck, face, tongue, and extremities.

has alternative id

HP:0002397

has exact synonym

Choreic movements, Choreiform movements

has related synonym

Choreatic disease

id

HP:0002072