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athetosis
athetosis Athetosis is a movement disorder marked by difficulty keeping the fingers, toes, tongue, or other body parts still, causing ongoing slow, writhing, flowing involuntary movements.
Athetosis is a movement disorder marked by difficulty keeping the fingers, toes, tongue, or other body parts still, causing ongoing slow, writhing, flowing involuntary movements. It often occurs together with chorea, and can appear in basal ganglia disease or as a result of drug toxicity.