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Movement Disorders |
Dyskinesia |
Dyskinesia refers to an impairment of voluntary movement. The resultant tics and other movements are often referred to as dyskinesias. Dyskinesia is sometimes caused by long-term use of anti-psychotic drugs or other dopamine antagonists like the antiemetic metoclopramide. The effect of these drugs can be tardive, meaning the dyskinesia continues or appears even after the drugs are no longer taken (see Tardive dyskinesia). In context of Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias are often the result of ...
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Movement Disorders Organizations
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- National Library of Medicine
- We Move
- American Academy of Neurology http://www.aan.com/
- Muscular Dystrophy Association http://www.mdausa.org/
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill http://www.nami.org/
- National Fragile X Foundation http://www.nfxf.org/
- Angelman Syndrome Foundation http://www.asclepius.com/angel/
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Library Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Resources
- Angelman Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Angelman Syndrome (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)
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