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Cervical dystonia incidence and diagnostic delay in a multiethnic population. [PDF]

, 2020
BackgroundCurrent cervical dystonia (CD) incidence estimates are based on small numbers in relatively ethnically homogenous populations. The frequency and consequences of delayed CD diagnosis is poorly characterized.ObjectivesTo determine CD incidence ...
Albers, Kathleen, Bressman, Susan, Comella, Cynthia, Comyns, Kathleen, de Kleijn, Annelie, Fross, Robin, Goldman, Samuel, Gu, Zhuqin, Katz, Maya, Klingman, Jeffrey, LaHue, Sara C, Leimpeter, Amethyst, Lo, Raymond Y, Marras, Connie, Nelson, Lorene M, Ozelius, Laurie J, Saunders-Pullman, Rachel, Smit, Robin, Tanner, Caroline M, Van Den Eeden, Stephen K   +19 more
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Burst Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Cervical Dystonia with Intractable Pain: A Pilot Study

Brain Sciences, 2020
Pain is the most common and disabling non-motor symptom in patients with cervical dystonia. Here, we report four patients with painful cervical dystonia in whom burst spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in the cervical region produced sustained and significant
Takeshi Shimizu, Tomoyuki Maruo, Shimpei Miura, Yuki Kimoto, Yukitaka Ushio, Satoshi Goto, Haruhiko Kishima   +6 more
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The prevalence of adult-onset isolated dystonia in Finland 2007-2016. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:Dystonia is a group of chronic diseases, causing considerable physical and psychosocial stress to patients and health care expenses. We studied the prevalence of different dystonia types in Finland in the years 2007-2016.
Rebekka Ortiz, Filip Scheperjans, Tuomas Mertsalmi, Eero Pekkonen   +3 more
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Investigating DYT1 in a Taiwanese dystonia cohort

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2022
Background/purpose: A heterozygous three-nucleotide (GAG) in-frame deletion in the TOR1A gene causes the rare disease, dystonia (DYT1), which typically presents as focal limb dystonia during adolescence, then spreads to other limbs.
Meng-Chen Wu, Yung-Yee Chang, Ying-Fa Chen, Min-Yu Lan, Pei-Lung Chen, Chun-Hwei Tai, Chin-Hsien Lin   +6 more
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Quality of life at cervical distonia

Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2020
The aim of the study was to study the physical and psychological components regarding the quality of life of patients with cervical dystonia.Material and methods. 170 respondents were examined. The main group included 120 patients with cervical dystonia,
O. A. Druzhinina, N. G. Zhukova, L. P. Shperling   +2 more
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Changes of regional cerebral blood flow after deep brain stimulation in cervical dystonia

EJNMMI Research, 2022
Introduction Cervical dystonia is considered as a network disorder affecting various brain regions in recent days. Presumably, deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the internal segment of globus pallidus (GPi) may exert therapeutic effects for cervical ...
Sungjin Park, Hyeonseok Jeong, Yong-An Chung, Ilhyang Kang, Seunghee Kim, In-Uk Song, Ryoong Huh   +6 more
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Service-based survey of dystonia in Munich [PDF]

, 2002
We performed a service-based epidemiological study of dystonia in Munich, Germany. Due to favourable referral and treatment patterns in the Munich area, we could provide confident data from dystonia patients seeking botulinum toxin treatment.
Ben-Shlomo, Y., Ceballos-Baumann, Andres, Conrad, B., Gasser, T., Kamm, C., Konkiewitz, E. C., Trender-Gerhard, I., Warner, T.   +7 more
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Motor learning deficits in cervical dystonia point to defective basal ganglia circuitry

Scientific Reports, 2021
Dystonia is conceptualized as a network disorder involving basal ganglia, thalamus, sensorimotor cortex and the cerebellum. The cerebellum has been implicated in dystonia pathophysiology, but studies testing cerebellar function in dystonia patients have ...
Sebastian Loens, Julius Verrel, Vera-Maria Herrmann, Amrei Kienzle, Elinor Tzvi, Anne Weissbach, Johanna Junker, Alexander Münchau, Tobias Bäumer   +8 more
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Cerebellum: an explanation for dystonia? [PDF]

, 2017
Dystonia is a movement disorder that is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions, abnormal movements and postures, as well as by non-motor symptoms, and is due to abnormalities in different brain areas.
Berardelli, Alfredo, Bologna, Matteo
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Plasticity and dystonia: a hypothesis shrouded in variability. [PDF]

, 2020
Studying plasticity mechanisms with Professor John Rothwell was a shared highlight of our careers. In this article, we discuss non-invasive brain stimulation techniques which aim to induce and quantify plasticity, the mechanisms and nature of their ...
A Albanese, A Berardelli, A Conte, A Guerra, A Guerra, A Karabanov, A Karabanov, A Latorre, A Quartarone, A Quartarone, A Quartarone, A Quartarone, A Quartarone, A Quartarone, A Sadnicka, A Sadnicka, A Sadnicka, Anna Sadnicka, B Balint, B Cheeran, B Hordacre, C Ganos, C Terranova, D Belvisi, D Weise, F Fratello, F Pierelli, G Abbruzzese, H Eggink, HA Jinnah, HR Siebner, JF Muller-Dahlhaus, JS Kang, K Stefan, KM Fedak, KP Bhatia, L Ozelius, M Hamada, M Hamada, M Kojovic, M Pellegrini, Masashi Hamada, MC Ridding, N Patel, NH Jung, RG Carson, S Meunier, S Wiethoff, SA Schneider, V Lopez-Alonso, V Lopez-Alonso, YZ Huang, YZ Huang   +52 more
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