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Table 2 Differential Diagnosis for chorea

From: Huntington's disease: a clinical review

Hereditary

- Huntington's disease

 

- Benign hereditary chorea

 

- Neuroacanthocytosis

 

- DentatoRubroPallidoLuysianAtrophy (DRPLA)

 

- Wilson disease

Rheumatic disorders

- Sydenham chorea

 

- Chorea gravidarum

Drug-induced

- Neuroleptic drugs

 

- Oral anticonceptive drugs

 

- Phenytoine

 

- Levo-dopa

 

- Cocaine

Systemic disorders

- Systemic Lupus Erythematodes (SLE)

 

- Thyrotoxicosis

 

- Polycythemia vera

 

- Hyperglycemia

 

- AIDS

 

- Paraneoplastic