Cocaine-induced choreoathetoid movements ('crack dancing').
We describe seven patients with cocaine-induced movements, including choreoathetosis, akathisia, and parkinsonism with tremor. All were seen in 2 years at a municipal hospital, during which 701 visits were attributed to complications of cocaine. Dopaminergic changes are hypothesized to cause euphoria, addiction, and abnormal movements.
Daras
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Department of Neurology, New York Medical College, Valhalla.
Koppel
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BS
Atos-Radzion
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D000328:Adult; D001264:Athetosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002819:Chorea / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016578:Crack Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement / Q000187:drug effects*
D016578:Crack Cocaine