Dystonic Movement Disorder as Symptom of Catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorder [PDF]
Background. Catatonia is increasingly recognized as a comorbid psychiatric condition in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the overlap of behavioral characteristics between these disorders raises many diagnostic challenges.
Maria Pia Riccio +4 more
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Faciobrachial Dystonic Seizures: The Borderland Between Epilepsy and Movement Disorders [PDF]
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Carlo Di Bonaventura +1 more
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A Case of Peripherally Induced Task-Specific “Lipstick Dystonic Tremor” [PDF]
Background: Peripherally induced movement disorders (PIMDs) represent a rare and debated complication of peripheral trauma. Phenomenology Shown: We report a case of task-specific “lipstick” jerky dystonic tremor as a consequence of traumatic shoulder ...
Francesco Cavallieri +4 more
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Episodic Choreo-Dystonic Storm in an Infantile-Onset Movement Disorder: Think of G Protein Subunit Alpha O1 Gene Defect! [PDF]
While ATPase Copper Transporting Beta (ATP7B), Dystonia-1 (DYT-1), Lysine (K) Methyl transferase 2B (KMT2B), and Adenylate Cyclase 5 (ADCY5) gene mutations are well-characterized causes of childhood-onset choreo-dystonic movement disorders, G protein ...
Manas Saxena +4 more
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CHD8-related disorders redefined: an expanding spectrum of dystonic phenotypes [PDF]
Abstract Background Heterozygous loss-of-function variants in CHD8 have been associated with a syndromic neurodevelopmental-disease spectrum, collectively referred to as CHD8-related neurodevelopmental disorders. Several different clinical manifestations, affecting neurodevelopmental and systemic domains, have been ...
Ugo Sorrentino +9 more
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Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation: Two Additional Cases with Dystonic Opisthotonus [PDF]
Background: Specific phenomenology and pattern of involvement in movement disorders point toward a probable clinical diagnosis. For example, forehead chorea usually suggests Huntington’s disease; feeding dystonia suggests neuroacanthocytosis and risus ...
Sahil Mehta, Vivek Lal
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Dystonia as an early and prominent feature in a patient with CYP2U1 gene mutation: expanding the phenotype of SPG56-a case report [PDF]
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias (HSPs) are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders primarily characterized by progressive lower limb spasticity and weakness.
Zeina Alhamwy +3 more
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Beyond Improvement of Motor Symptoms: Central Effects of Botulinum Toxin on Anxiety and Depression in Focal Dystonia, Hemifacial Spasm, and Blepharospasm [PDF]
Cervical dystonia (CD), blepharospasm (BSP), and idiopathic hemifacial spasm (HFS) are focal hyperkinetic movement disorders with distinct underlying mechanisms.
Tihana Gilman Kuric +10 more
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Bradykinesia in dystonic hand tremor: kinematic analysis and clinical rating [PDF]
IntroductionBradykinesia is an essential diagnostic criterion for Parkinson’s disease (PD) but is frequently observed in many non-parkinsonian movement disorders, complicating differential diagnosis, particularly in disorders featuring tremors.
Peter Matejicka +13 more
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Single Dose Levosulpiride Induced Acute Dystonic Reaction
Movement disorders are a common presentation to the emergency department. Acute dystonic reactions pose a serious medical challenge because they are often under or misdiagnosed.
Suhrith Bhattaram, Varsha S Shinde
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