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Cocaine-induced choreoathetoid movements ('crack dancing')

Department of Neurology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.

We describe seven patients with cocaine-induced movements, including choreoathetosis, akathisia, and parkinsonism with tremor. All were seen in 2 years at a municipal hospital, during which 701 visits were attributed to complications of cocaine. Dopaminergic changes are hypothesized to cause euphoria, addiction, and abnormal movements.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Barbara S. Koppel, Department of Neurology, Metropolitan Hospital Center, Rm. 1315, 1901 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029.

Presented in part at the 45th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, April 1993, in New York, NY.

Received August 6, 1993. Accepted for publication in final form September 30, 1993.

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