athetoid cerebral palsy
MONDO:0022697Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names athetoid cerebral palsy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A subtype of cerebral palsy characterized by involuntary, purposeless writhing movements which affect the hands, feet, arms, and legs; the face and tongue may be affected as well, leading to involuntary grimacing, drooling, dysarthria and difficulty eating.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0022697), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: athetoid cerebral palsy
- Also called
- dyskinetic cerebral palsy