title: Movement disorders in systemic diseases.
abstract: Movement disorders, classically involving dysfunction of the basal ganglia commonly occur in neurodegenerative and structural brain disorders. At times, however, movement disorders can be the initial manifestation of a systemic disease. In this article we discuss the most common movement disorders which may present in infectious, autoimmune, paraneoplastic, metabolic and endocrine diseases. Management often has to be multidisciplinary involving primary care physicians, neurologists, allied health professionals including nurses, occupational therapists and less frequently neurosurgeons. Recognizing and treating the underlying systemic disease is important in order to improve the neurological symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria. Electronic address: werner.poewe@i-med.ac.at.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Poewe
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria.
authors.forename: Atbin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Djamshidian-Tehrani
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Autoimmune disorders; Basal ganglia; Endocrine disorders; Intoxications; Metabolic disorders; Movement disorders; Paraneoplastic disorders; Systemic disease