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Temporal discrimination: Mechanisms and relevance to adult-onset dystonia [PDF]
, 2017 Temporal discrimination is the ability to determine that two sequential sensory stimuli are separated in time. For any individual, the temporal discrimination threshold (TDT) is the minimum interval at which paired sequential stimuli are perceived as ...
Beck, Rebecca +7 more
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Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2018 Background: Cervical dystonia is a hyperkinetic movement disorder of unknown cause. Symptoms of cervical dystonia have been induced in animals in which the integrity of the nigro-tectal pathway is disrupted, resulting in reduced inhibition of the deep ...
Rebecca B. Beck +6 more
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Genetic issues in the diagnosis of dystonias [PDF]
, 2013 Dystonias are heterogeneous hyperkinetic movement disorders characterized by involuntary muscle contractions which result in twisting and repetitive movements and abnormal postures.
Petrucci S., Valente E. M.
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Cost minimization analysis of BoNT-As in the treatment of upper limb spasticity and cervical dystonia [PDF]
, 2016 Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) injections are recommended for the management of upper limb spasticity (ULS) and cervical dystonia (CD). The main aim of this cost minimization analysis (CMA) was to compare the annual cost per patient for three BoNT-As ...
Bartolomei, Luigi +15 more
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“Clozapine & Valbenazine for Treatment of Tardive Cervical Dystonia: A Case Report”
Translation, 2023 Cervical dystonia is a subtype of tardive dyskinesia characterized by smooth, sustained muscle contractions affecting the head, neck, and shoulders. This condition can be caused by antipsychotic medication exposure.
Chandani Lewis, Christine Brennan
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A History of Dystonia: Ancient to Modern [PDF]
, 2017 Before 1911, when Hermann Oppenheim introduced the term dystonia, this movement disorder lacked a unifying descriptor. While words like epilepsy, apoplexy, and palsy have had their meanings since antiquity, references to dystonia are much harder to ...
Deborah Thorpe +3 more
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Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Chronic Globus Pallidus Internus Stimulation in Different Types of Primary Dystonia [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) offers a very promising therapy for medically intractable dystonia. However, little is known about the long-term benefit and safety of this procedure. We therefore performed a
Bötzel, Kai +6 more
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Myoclonus-dystonia : distinctive motor and non-motor phenotype from other dystonia syndromes [PDF]
, 2019 Background: myoclonus-dystonia (M-D) due to a pathogenic variant of SGCE is an autosomal dominant inherited movement disorder. Apart from motor symptoms, psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent in patients with MD.
Bartels, Anna L. +8 more
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Cervical Dystonia Mimics: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2019 Background: Cervical dystonia is mostly idiopathic in nature. However, a small subset of cases are mimics, leading to diagnostic pitfalls. There is paucity of literature on pseudodystonias affecting the cervical region.
Srinivas Raju, Amogh Ravi, LK Prashanth
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A practical approach to the patient presenting with dropped head [PDF]
, 2016 Head drop, or having a dropped head, is an uncommon condition in which patients present with a disabling inability to lift their head. It may arise in many neurological conditions that can be divided into those with neuromuscular weakness of neck ...
Demicoli, Marija, Marsh, Eleanor A.
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