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Review: Diagnosis and treatment of paroxysmal dyskinesias revisited
Paroxysmal dyskinesias (PDs) are a rare group of hyperkinetic movement disorders mainly characterized by their episodic nature. Neurological examination may be entirely normal between the attacks.
Iris Unterberger, Eugen Trinka
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Opsoclonus-Myoclonus and Streptococcal Infection
A 9-year-old Nepalese boy living in the UK presented with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome associated with group A streptococcal infection, and is reported from St Mary's Hospital, London; and University of Southampton, UK.
J Gordon Millichap
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Doxycycline to treat levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease: a preliminary study
Background Levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) is a common motor complication of levodopa therapy in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Doxycycline is a widely used and inexpensive tetracycline with anti-inflammatory properties.
Bruno Lopes Santos-Lobato +5 more
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Dopamine dysregulation in a mouse model of paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia. [PDF]
Paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia (PNKD) is an autosomal dominant episodic movement disorder. Patients have episodes that last 1 to 4 hours and are precipitated by alcohol, coffee, and stress.
Edwards, Robert H +10 more
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Levodopa Effect and Motor Function in Late Stage Parkinson’s Disease
Background: It is unclear to which degree Levodopa (L-dopa) remains effective also in the late stage of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and to which degree motor fluctuations and dyskinesias remain a problem.
Kristina Rosqvist +5 more
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Phenobarbital dyskinesia [PDF]
Summary A patient was admitted to hospital following an overdose of phenobarbital. During her recovery she developed both chorea and torsion dystonia which could only be related to her high plasma phenobarbital levels.
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FDG‐PET Associations With Disease Severity and Outcomes in NMDA‐Receptor IgG Autoimmune Encephalitis
ABSTRACT Background Patients with N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate (NMDA) receptor‐immunoglobulin G (IgG) autoimmune encephalitis (NMDAR‐IgG AE) demonstrate occipital lobe hypometabolism on baseline brain fluorodeoxyglucose‐positron emission tomography (bFDG‐PET).
Jonathan K. Lee +7 more
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From the "Jumpers in Maine" to the ‘Boy from Paris’: The life of Georges Gilles de la Tourette and the first description of tic disease [PDF]
In 1885, French neuropsychiatrist Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette was the first to describe a disease of tics. His success was not unexpected, as he was a student of the renowned neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot.
Damjanović Radomir +3 more
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CSF Monoamine Metabolites and Cognitive Trajectory in Early Parkinson's Disease
ABSTRACT Background Imaging and postmortem studies indicate that abnormalities in monoaminergic neurotransmission contribute to cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, it remains uncertain if cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monoamine metabolites can serve as biomarkers of cognitive decline in early PD.
Jing‐Yu Shao +7 more
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The development of dyskinesias following chronic L-DOPA replacement therapy remains a major problem in the long-term treatment of Parkinson's disease.
Romina Aron Badin +14 more
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