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Preferred Name

cervical dystonia
Synonyms

spasmodic torticollis

Definitions

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.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050840

alternative label

spasmodic torticollis

created by

lschriml

creation_date

2014-03-18T01:30:33Z

database_cross_reference

GARD:10668

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.

has exact synonym

spasmodic torticollis

has_obo_namespace

disease_ontology

id

DOID:0050840

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/doid#DO_rare_slim

label

cervical dystonia

notation

DOID:0050840

note

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.

preferred label

cervical dystonia

prefLabel

cervical dystonia

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050836

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