 Athetosis
"Athetosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A dyskinesia characterized by an inability to maintain the fingers, toes, tongue, or other body parts in a stable position, resulting in continuous slow, sinusoidal, and flowing involuntary movements. This condition is frequently accompanied by CHOREA, where it is referred to as choreoathetosis. Athetosis may occur as a manifestation of BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES or DRUG TOXICITY. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p76)
| Descriptor ID |
D001264
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.350.110 C23.888.592.350.110
|
| Concept/Terms |
Athetosis- Athetosis
- Athetoses
- Hammond Disease
- Disease, Hammond
- Diseases, Hammond
- Hammond Diseases
- Hammond's Disease
- Disease, Hammond's
- Diseases, Hammond's
- Hammond's Diseases
- Hammonds Disease
- Athetoid Movements
- Athetoid Movement
- Movement, Athetoid
- Movements, Athetoid
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Athetosis".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Athetosis".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Athetosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Athetosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Athetosis" by people in Profiles.
-
LeMoine BD, Browne LP, Liptzin DR, Deterding RR, Galambos C, Weinman JP. High-resolution computed tomography findings of thyroid transcription factor 1 deficiency (NKX2-1 mutations). Pediatr Radiol. 2019 06; 49(7):869-875.
-
Levin DA, Seay AR, Fullerton DA, Simoes EA, Sondheimer HM. Profound hypothermia with alpha-stat pH management during open-heart surgery is associated with choreoathetosis. Pediatr Cardiol. 2005 Jan-Feb; 26(1):34-8.
-
Leibel RL, Shih VE, Goodman SI, Bauman ML, McCabe ER, Zwerdling RG, Bergman I, Costello C. Glutaric acidemia: a metabolic disorder causing progressive choreoathetosis. Neurology. 1980 Nov; 30(11):1163-8.
-
Burks JS, Walker JE, Rumack BH, Ott JE. Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning. Reversal of coma, choreoathetosis, and myoclonus by physostigmine. JAMA. 1974 Dec 04; 230(10):1405-7.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|