Diseases

Dyskinesias

Abnormal involuntary movements which primarily affect the extremities, trunk, or jaw that occur as a manifestation of an underlying disease process. Conditions which feature recurrent or persistent episodes of dyskinesia as a primary manifestation of disease may be referred to as dyskinesia syndromes (see MOVEMENT DISORDERS). Dyskinesias are also a relatively common manifestation of BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES.

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Abnormal involuntary movements which primarily affect the extremities, trunk, or jaw that occur as a manifestation of an underlying disease process. Conditions which feature recurrent or persistent episodes of dyskinesia as a primary manifestation of disease may be referred to as dyskinesia syndromes (see MOVEMENT DISORDERS). Dyskinesias are also a relatively common manifestation of BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES.

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37 entry terms
  • Abnormal Movements
  • Abnormal Movement
  • Dyskinesia
  • Movement, Abnormal
  • Movements, Abnormal
  • Asterixis
  • Ballismus
  • Hemiballism
  • Hemiballismus
  • Involuntary Movements
  • Lingual-Facial-Buccal Dyskinesia
  • Linguofacial Dyskinesia
  • Oral Dyskinesia
  • Oral-Facial Dyskinesia
  • Orofacial Dyskinesia
  • Tardive Oral Dyskinesia
  • Dyskinesia, Lingual-Facial-Buccal
  • Dyskinesia, Linguofacial
  • Dyskinesia, Oral
  • Dyskinesia, Oral-Facial
  • Dyskinesia, Orofacial
  • Dyskinesias, Lingual-Facial-Buccal
  • Dyskinesias, Linguofacial
  • Dyskinesias, Oral
  • Dyskinesias, Oral-Facial
  • Dyskinesias, Orofacial
  • Involuntary Movement
  • Lingual Facial Buccal Dyskinesia
  • Lingual-Facial-Buccal Dyskinesias
  • Linguofacial Dyskinesias
  • Movement, Involuntary
  • Movements, Involuntary
  • Oral Dyskinesias
  • Oral Facial Dyskinesia
  • Oral-Facial Dyskinesias
  • Orofacial Dyskinesias
  • Tardive Oral Dyskinesias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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DYSKINESIA SYNDROMES see MOVEMENT DISORDERS is also available

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History Note

2000; for LINGUAL-FACIAL-BUCCAL DYSKINESIA use MOVEMENT DISORDERS 2000-2016; for ORAL DYSKINESIA use MOVEMENT DISORDERS 2000-2017

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  • Movement Disorders (1966-1999)

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  1. C10w.228w.662w.262w
  2. C10w.597.350w
  3. C23.888w.592.350w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dyskinesias. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020820. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020820
  2. Dyskinesias. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyskinesia
  3. Dyskinesias. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629444