Hysterical chorea: Report of an outbreak and movie documentation by Arthur Van Gehuchten (1861-1914)

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1071-1076

  Giménez Roldán, Santiago ^a   Aubert, Geneviève ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arthur Van Gehuchten; Chorea; Epidemic hysteria; Psychogenic movement disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHOREA; CIVIL DISORDER; DYSTONIA; GAIT; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS;

BELGIUM; CHOREA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYSTERIA; MOTION PICTURES; NEUROANATOMY;

EID: 34447545483     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21293     Document Type: Article

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