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Basal Ganglia Diseases

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Definition: Diseases of the BASAL GANGLIA including the PUTAMEN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; claustrum; AMYGDALA; and CAUDATE NUCLEUS. DYSKINESIAS (most notably involuntary movements and alterations of the rate of movement) represent the primary clinical manifestations of these disorders. Common etiologies include CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; and CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA.  GEN: prefer specifics; coord IM with specific site (IM)   
Examples Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease; Chorea Gravidarum; Dystonia Musculorum Deformans; Hepatolenticular Degeneration; Huntington Disease; Meige Syndrome; Multiple System Atrophy; Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome; Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration; Parkinsonian Disorders; Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive; Tourette Syndrome 		Other names Extrapyramidal Disorders; Lenticulostriate Disorder; Extrapyramidal Disorder; Basal Ganglia Disorder; Basal Ganglia Disease; Lenticulostriate Disorders; Basal Ganglia Disorders
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Basal ganglia disease, biotin-responsive  0   *Basal Ganglia Diseases.
Basal ganglia calcification, idiopathic 2  0   *Basal Ganglia Diseases *Calcinosis.
Parkinsonism, early onset with mental retardation  0   *Basal Ganglia Diseases *Intellectual Disability *Parkinson Disease *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.
Alopecia hypogonadism extrapyramidal disorder  0   *Alopecia *Basal Ganglia Diseases *Hypogonadism.
Neuhauser Eichner Opitz syndrome  0   *Basal Ganglia Diseases *Cerebellar Ataxia. Am J Med Genet. 1983;15(1):127-33
Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification, childhood onset  0   *Basal Ganglia Diseases *Calcinosis.
Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic 5  0   *Basal Ganglia Diseases *Dandy-Walker Syndrome *Seizures *Mental Retardation, X-Linked.

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