Abstract
A rare complication of oral contraceptive therapy is the induction of chorea. We describe the case-history of a young woman who developed generalized chorea while receiving a low-dose estrogen-containing contraceptive. Dyskinesia resolved upon discontinuing the medication and after a brief treatment with an antidopaminergic agent. The literature of chorea associated with oral contraceptives and the different hypotheses about its pathogenesis are reviewed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 381-386 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 1987 |
Keywords
- Chorea gravidarum
- Oral contraceptive-induced chora
- striatal dopaminergic sensitivity
- Sydenham chorea
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)
- Clinical Neurology