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INTRODUCTION: Sleep disorders presenting involuntary movements may be very annoying to patients, apart from their negative influence on sleep. OBJECTIVE: To report the use of botulinum type-A toxin (BoNT-A) to manage the case of a patient whose sleep was
Pedro A. Kowacs +4 more
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Genetic evaluation for TOR1-A (DYT1) in Brazilian patients with dystonia
Several genes have been mapped in families or in sporadic cases of dystonia. TOR1-A (DYT1) gene was linked to isolated dystonia. Objective To associate clinical information of patients with dystonia with the TOR1-A gene mutations.
Carlos Henrique F. Camargo +4 more
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Bilateral pallidotomy for generalized dystonia Palidotomia bilateral para distonias generalizadas
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of bilateral pallidotomies in five patients with generalized dystonia. BACKGROUND: Generalized dystonias are frequently a therapeutic challenge, with poor responses to pharmacological treatment.
Hélio A. G. Teive +4 more
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To evaluate the long-term effect of botulinum toxin type A (BTX) in the treatment of blepharospasm, a retrospective analysis was conducted from the patients seen at the Movement Disorders Clinic of the Department of Neurology, Hospital das Clínicas ...
Laura Silveira-Moriyama +3 more
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La distonía. Contingencia profesional en músicos. A propósito de un caso
La distonía es un trastorno motor que provoca contracciones involuntarias de los músculos por movimientos repetidos. Los músicos de viento y cuerda son especialmente vulnerables a esta enfermedad con afectación orofacial y del miembro superior dominante.
María Teófila Vicente Herrero
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A distonia laríngea (disfonia espasmódica) é distúrbio do movimento caracterizado por contrações involuntárias da musculatura laríngea envolvida no processo de vocalização.
Hélio A. G. Teive +7 more
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En los últimos años se ha incrementado el uso de psicofármacos, específicamente antipsicóticos, para tratar cuadros no psicóticos en niños y adolescentes.
Lizardo Cruzado +3 more
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Tratamiento de distonía con estimulación cerebral profunda
El objetivo de este artículo es revisar la importancia de la estimulación cerebral profunda (ECP) en el tratamiento de la distonía. Se tiene en cuenta la población que debe ser llevada a cirugía, la estructura cerebral que debe estimularse, los ...
Juan Carlos Acevedo-González +1 more
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Neurocirculatory distonia: diagnostics and treatment
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O. N. Sivyakova, E. F. Konyuk
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