Term Name: dystonia
Synonyms: dystonic disease
Definition: A movement disease that is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions causing repetitive or twisting movements.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:543]   ( DOID:543 )

Relationships
is a type of: movement disease
has subtype: childhood-onset dystonia with optic atrophy and basal ganglia abnormalities dopa-responsive dystonia dystonia 9 dystonia 12 dystonia 21 dystonia 22, adult-onset dystonia 22, juvenile-onset dystonia 28, childhood-onset dystonia 30 dystonia 31 dystonia 32 dystonia 33 dystonia 35, childhood-onset dystonia 37, early-onset with striatal lesions early-onset dystonia and/or spastic paraplegia episodic kinesigenic dyskinesia 1 episodic kinesigenic dyskinesia 2 episodic kinesigenic dyskinesia 3 focal dystonia generalized dystonia glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome 2 multifocal dystonia myoclonic dystonia myoclonic dystonia 34 paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia 1 paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia 2 paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia 3 segmental dystonia sepiapterin reductase deficiency torsion dystonia 2 torsion dystonia 4 torsion dystonia 13 torsion dystonia 17