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. 1970 Oct 31;4(5730):278–281. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5730.278

Choreoathetotic Movement Disorder in Alcoholism

P J Mullin, P W Kershaw, J M W Bolt
PMCID: PMC1819839  PMID: 4248908

Abstract

A syndrome of choreoathetosis in association with alcoholism has been found in 12 patients. It appeared to occur more often in women, was transient, and may have been associated with alcohol withdrawal. It was not associated with gross liver disease, phenothiazine administration, or familial chorea, and no consistent abnormalities in whole blood thiamine or nicotinic acid, in serum magnesium, or in serum vitamin B12 levels were present.

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