Benign hereditary chorea improved on stimulant therapy.

Pediatr Neurol

Department of Pediatrics, David Grant Medical Center; Travis Air Force Base, California, USA.

Published: May 1996

Stimulant therapy is usually contraindicated in patients with movement disorders such as tics or chorea. A young boy is reported who had benign hereditary chorea and attention deficit disorder, whose chorea, handwriting, and independent ambulation paradoxically improved with methylphenidate treatment.

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