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METABOLIC/ SPORADIC

 

RHEUMATOLOGY/ IMMUNUNOLOGY 

APLA SYNDROME

ARTHRALGIA/ STROKE

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SLE

ARTHRITIS/ PHOTOSENSITIVITY

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SJOGREN SYNDROME

DRY EYES/ DRY MOUTH

SENSORY NEURONOPATHY

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CELIAC

DIARRHOEA/ CHOREA

STIMULUS SENSITIVE MYOCLONUS

 

THYROPEROXIDASE ANTIBODIES

STROKE/ ATAXIA

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DRUGS

DRUGS (TARDIVE)

LOWER FACE 

IMPROVES WITH TALKING/ EATING/ TONGUE OUT

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VITAMIN DEFICIENCY

VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY

RARELY MOVEMENT DISORDER MANIFESTATION

CHOREA/ TREMOR/ MYOCLONUS

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA

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WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY

ATAXIA/ OPHTHALMOPARESIS/  CONFUSION/ UP-BEAT NYSTAGMUS

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ELECTROLYTES/ ENDOCRINOLOGY

HYPOCALCAEMIA

PRIMARY HYPOPARATHYROISDIM

CAUSES:

DIGEORGE SYNDROME

AUTOIMMUNE

PTH GENE MUTATION

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HYPERCALCAEMIA

COGNITION/ CHOREA (RARE)

CAN RARELY MIMIC HUNTINGTON DISEASE

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HYPOMAGNESEMIA

VERTICAL NYSTAGMUS

ATAXIA

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HYPERTHYROIDISM

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HYPERGLYCEMIA (NON-KETOTIC)

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INFECTIONS/ POST INFECTIOUS

HIV

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SYDENHAM CHOREA

HYPERACTIVITY/ ADHD

CHOREA/ HYPOTONIA

VOCAL TICS/ CARDITIS

MIGRATING POLYARTHRALGIA

LATENCY BETWEEN GROUP A BETA HEMOLYTIC

STREOTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS AND CHOREA

COULD BE FEW MONTHS

LAB: ANTI-DNASE-B TITRE (ELEVATED FOR 1 YEAR)

ASO TITRE

CARDIAC 2D ECHO/ ECG

RX: SODIUM VALPROATE

RISPERIDONE/ TETRABENAZINE

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OTHERS

PCV (JAK2)

LATE ONSET

MILD GENERALIZED CHOREA

EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION

LAB: INCREASED HAEMOGLOBIN  LEVEL

RX:  HYDROXYUREA

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SENILE CHOREA

SPORADIC LATE ONSET CHOREA

ETIOLOGIES:

DRUGS/ GENETIC/ AUTOIMMUNE 

METABOLIC/ INFECTIONS

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STROKE

BASAL GANGLIA

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PHENYTOIN 

NORMAL/ HIGH LEVEL

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AI CHOREA

AUTOIMMUNE

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SYDENHAM CHOREA

HYPERACTIVITY/ ADHD

CHOREA/ HYPOTONIA

VOCAL TICS

CARDITIS/ ARTHRITIS

LATENCY BETWEEN GROUP A BETA HEMOLYTIC

STREOTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS AND CHOREA

COULD BE FEW MONTHS

LAB: ANTI-DNASE-B TITRE (ELEVATED FOR 1 YEAR)

ASO TITRE

CARDIAC 2D ECHO/ ECG

RX: SODIUM VALPROATE

RISPERIDONE/ TETRABENAZINE

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NMDA AB

MUTISM/ AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

CENTRAL HYPOVENTILATION

STEREOTYPE (PRESENT IN SLEEP)

FACIAL DYSKINESIA

LIMB/TRUNK DYSKINESIA

PSYCHOSIS PRESENTATION

SYDENHAM LIKE PRESENTATION

FEVER/ HEADACHE/ VOMITING

POST HSV/ VZV INFECTION

NEOPLASIA:

OVARY/ BREAST

SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA

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CV2/CRMP5 AB

PARKINONISM/ ATAXIA/ CHOREA

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

MSP-P PHENOTYPE

BILATERAL OPTIC NEUROPATHY

SMALL CELL CARCINOMA LUNG

MRI: BASAL GANGLIA HYPERINTENSITY

PERIVENTRICULAR/ INTERNAL CAPSULE HYPERINTENSITY

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GABA-A RECEPTOR ​

GENERALIZED CHOREA

OROFACIAL CHOREA

CATATONIA

PHENOTYPE MAY BE SIMILAR TO NMDA ENCEPHALITIS

MRI: MULTIFOCAL CORTICAL SUBCORTICAL WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY

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CASPR2

LOWER LIMB ACTION MYOCLONUS

SEGMENTAL/ PROPRIOSPINAL MYOCLONUS

SMALL CALL CARCINOMA LUNG

THYOMOMA

MRI: BASAL GANGLIA HYPERINTENSITY

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LG1

FACIOBRACHIAL DYSTONIC SEIZURES

 

D2R

CHILDHOOD/ PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA

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GAD AB

PHENOTYPE:

ATAXIA/ PARKINSONISM/ PSP

STIFF PERSON SYNDROME

STARTLE MYOCLONUS

OPSOCLONUS-MYOCLONUS

ORTHOSTATIC TREMOR

LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS/ MTLE

ABNORMAL SACCADES

VELOCITY/LATENCY/ACCURACY

SACCADE INITIATION

EARLY UPGAZE PALSY

NYSTAGMUS

DOWN/ UP  BEAT NYSTAGMUS

PERIODIC ALTERNATING NYSTAGMUS

FLUTTER/OPSOCLONUS

STIFF EYES

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YO/HU AB

ASSOCIATION: SLE/SJOGREN/RA

CARCINOMA LUNG/ HODGKIN/ NON HODGKIN/ GASTRIC/COLON/ PROSTATE/ BLADDER/ BREAST/ PANCREATIC/ OVARY

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IgLON5 AB

SLEEP PROBLEMS:

OSA/RBD/NREM/ STRIDOR

OCULAR:

SACCADIC INTRUSIONS/ VSGP

SYMPTOMS:

COGNITION/SEIZURES/ENCEPHALOPATHY

PARKINSONISM/DYSTONIA/ATAXIA

OROMANDIBULAR DYSTONIA 

OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA

HYPEREKPLEXIA

MYORHYTHMIA/ TREMOR

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

DIABETES INSIPIDUS/ MYOKYMIA

PHENOTYPES:

CBS/ PSP/MSA/HD/SPS/MND

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PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS​

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STATIC/ MILD

ADCY5

AGE OF ONSET 1-20YRS

MYOCLONUS/DYSTONIA/CHOREA  

CAN BE MILD/ STATIC

AXIAL HYPOTONIA/ FACIAL MYOKYMIA

FROG LIKE GAIT/ OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA

VERTICAL SACCADES ABNORMALITY

DROWSY/ BALLISTIC DYSTONIA (PAINFUL)

RX: CAFFEINE/ ACETAZOLAMIDE

CLONAZEPAM/ DBS

 

PDE10A

AGE OF ONSET: 5-15YRS

DIURNAL VARIATION

MRI: BASAL GANGLIA HYPERINTENSITY (T2)

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BENIGN HEREDITARY CHOREA

(NKX2-1/TITF1)  

LUNG: OBSTRUCTIVE/ INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE/ RECURRENT INFECTIONS

THYROID: CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM

BRAIN: CHOREA/ MYOCLONUS/ DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA/ HYPOTONIA

OCD/ ADHD/ PSYCHOSIS

OTHER: WEB NECK/ SHORT STATURE/ JOINT HYPER-MOBILITY

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PRRT2

SECONDS TO MINS DURATION

LIMBS > NECK OR FACE

BENIGN FAMILIAL INFANTILE EPILEPSY

INFANTILE CONVULSIVE CHORE-

ATHETOSIS (ICCA)

ABSENCE SEIZURE

PAROXYSMAL TORTICOLLIS

EPISODIC ATAXIA/ PED

TRIGGERS: 

STARTLE/ HYPERVENTILATION/ EXERCISE

RX: CARBAMAZEPINE

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MENTAL RETARDATION/ SEIZURES

GNAO1

PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

PKD

MENTAL RETARDATION/ FOCAL SEIZURES

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GRIN1

MENTAL RETARDATION/  SEIZURES

CHOREA/ DYSTONIA

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GPR88

AGE OF ONSET 8-10YRS

SPEECH DELAY/ LEARNING DISABILITY

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GNB1

SIMILAR TO GNAO1

PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

PROLONGED EPISODES

DYSTONIA MYOCLONUS / STEREOTYPE

MICROCEPHALY

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PAROX CHOREA
METABOLIC CHOREA
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