‌Chorea is a movement disorder that stems from something wrong with the basal ganglia nerve structure deep in your brain. It causes involuntary movements of the hands, feet, and face. These movements ...

Many people with Huntington’s disease experience chorea, but they are separate conditions. Chorea is one of several common symptoms of Huntington’s disease, but it has other potential causes. Chorea ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF) is extremely pleased the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xenazine, or tetrabenazine, for the treatment of ...

Benign hereditary chorea (BHC) is a rare, autosomal dominant neurological disorder characterised by early-onset, non-progressive chorea. Mutations in the NKX2-1 gene, which encodes the thyroid ...

Credit: Neurocrine Biosciences. Nearly half of patients receiving Ingrezza saw a more than 40% reduction in Huntington disease chorea severity by the end of the treatment period. The Food and Drug ...

The phase 3 KINECT-HD study included 128 adults 18 to 75 years of age who were diagnosed with chorea associated with HD. Positive topline data were announced from a phase 3 study evaluating the ...

The drug valbenazine statistically improves chorea, a movement disorder commonly associated with Huntington's disease, when compared to a placebo. The drug valbenazine statistically improves chorea, a ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today voted unanimously to recommend the approval of tetrabenazine, which would be the first ...

HD is an inherited disorder in which nerve cells in the brain break down and are irreversibly damaged. 2,3 Ninety percent of people with HD will develop chorea, a movement disorder in which abnormally ...

Post-pump chorea (PPC) is a complication of major heart surgery and usually occurs in children. It causes involuntary and uncontrollable movements. PPC is a movement disorder that occurs due to nerve ...