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Delayed Onset of Progressive Chorea After Acute Basal Ganglia Injury Mov Disord 28:585-587, Virmani, T.,et al, 2013 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Chorea after anoxic injury is very rare. It has been reported after carbon monoxide poisoning and in 2 patients after heroin overdose. Here we describe a patient with chorea and dystonia as a result of bilateral basal ganglia lesions following anoxic brain injury from a drug overdose.

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