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ID DOID:0050840
Name cervical dystonia
Definition A focal dystonia that is characterized by simultaneous contraction of the agonist and antagonist muscles that control the position of the head contracting during dystonic movement which causes the neck to involuntarily turn to the left, right, upwards, and/or downwards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasmodic_torticollis, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1155/
Xrefs

GARD:10668

Subsets

DO_rare_slim

Synonyms

spasmodic torticollis [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a focal dystonia

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