The nosology of extrapyramidal disorders.
The author presents a new classification of extrapyramidal diseases based on a clinical and genetic approach to the nosology. This classification is intended as a working frame for a reevaluation of the pathogenesis of many of the illnesses listed. A discussion of some theoretic possibilities derived from such a study concludes the paper.
D000367:Age Factors; D001264:Athetosis / Q000145:classification; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D002819:Chorea / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000145:classification; D006948:Hyperkinesis; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000145:classification; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000145:classification; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000145:classification; D013035:Spasm / Q000145:classification; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000145:classification; D014103:Torticollis / Q000145:classification; D014202:Tremor / Q000145:classification