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Involuntary vocalization

MedGen UID:
1813865
Concept ID:
C4064943
Finding
HPO: HP:4000074

Definition

Production of sound done without will or conscious control. Involuntary vocalizations include tics, stereotypies vocalizations as part of dystonia or chorea, continuous vocalizing behaviors such as groaning or grunting, pathological laughter and crying, and others. [from HPO]

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PubMed

Quezada J, Coffman KA
CNS Drugs 2018 Jan;32(1):33-45. doi: 10.1007/s40263-017-0486-0. PMID: 29335879Free PMC Article
Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Clark HM
Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 2017;7:489. Epub 2017 Sep 21 doi: 10.7916/D8Z32B30. PMID: 28983422Free PMC Article
Friedlander AH, Noffsinger D, Mendez MF, Yagiela JA
Spec Care Dentist 2004 Jan-Feb;24(1):7-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2004.tb01673.x. PMID: 15157054

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Danek A, Tison F, Rubio J, Oechsner M, Kalckreuth W, Monaco AP
Mov Disord 2001 Sep;16(5):882-9. doi: 10.1002/mds.1188. PMID: 11746618

Diagnosis

Ikeda A, Hirasawa K, Kinoshita M, Hitomi T, Matsumoto R, Mitsueda T, Taki JY, Inouch M, Mikuni N, Hori T, Fukuyama H, Hashimoto N, Shibasaki H, Takahashi R
Epilepsia 2009 Sep;50(9):2072-84. Epub 2009 May 12 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02097.x. PMID: 19453721
Danek A, Tison F, Rubio J, Oechsner M, Kalckreuth W, Monaco AP
Mov Disord 2001 Sep;16(5):882-9. doi: 10.1002/mds.1188. PMID: 11746618
Murray TJ
Can Med Assoc J 1978 Jun 10;118(11):1407-10. PMID: 350368Free PMC Article

Therapy

Murray TJ
Can Med Assoc J 1978 Jun 10;118(11):1407-10. PMID: 350368Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Murray TJ
Can Med Assoc J 1978 Jun 10;118(11):1407-10. PMID: 350368Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Ikeda A, Hirasawa K, Kinoshita M, Hitomi T, Matsumoto R, Mitsueda T, Taki JY, Inouch M, Mikuni N, Hori T, Fukuyama H, Hashimoto N, Shibasaki H, Takahashi R
Epilepsia 2009 Sep;50(9):2072-84. Epub 2009 May 12 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02097.x. PMID: 19453721

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