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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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- Angelman Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Angelman Syndrome (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)
- Angelman Syndrome Foundation
- Angelman Syndrome Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Ataxia (We Move)
- Ataxia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Ataxia Telangiectasia Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Botulinum Toxin Injections: A Treatment for Muscle Spasms (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Bradykinesia (We Move)
- Chorea (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Chorea and Choreoathetosis (We Move)
- Chorea Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Choreoacanthocytosis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Ataxia (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Chorea (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Movement Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Torticollis (National Institutes of Health)
- Corticobasal Degeneration (We Move)
- Creatine Kinase Test (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Dressing with Ease, Style and Comfort (ALS Association) - Links to PDF File
- Dyskinesias (Paroxysmal) (We Move)
- Electromyography (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF File
- Electrophysiology (We Move)
- Find a Neurologist (American Academy of Neurology)
- Fragile X Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS) (National Fragile X Foundation)
- Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance
- Genetics Home Reference: Angelman syndrome (Genetics Home Reference)
- Genetics Home Reference: Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (Genetics Home Reference)
- Glossary of Terms (We Move)
- Hallervorden-Spatz Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Hallervorden-Spatz Disease (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Hypertonia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Hypertonia Disease (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Joubert Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Joubert Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- La Parálisis Supranuclear Progresiva (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
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- Machado-Joseph Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Machado-Joseph Disease (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Movement Disorders (We Move)
- Movement Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
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- Multiple System Atrophy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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- Muscle Biopsies (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Myoclonus (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Myoclonus (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Myoclonus Fact Sheet (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Neuroacanthocytosis (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Paroxysmal Choreoathetosis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Paroxysmal Choreoathetosis Disease (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Saint Vitus Dance (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Self Help Skills (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)
- Spinal Cord, Nerves and Muscles (We Move)
- Stiffness, Cramps and Twitching (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Study Finds Psychiatric Disorders are Common in People with Cerebellar Degeneration (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Summary of Clinical Features and Diagnosis of Angelman Syndrome (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)
- Summary of Genetics of Angelman Syndrome (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)
- Sydenham Chorea (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Tardive Dyskinesia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Tardive Dyskinesia (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
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