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Frequency of anti‐neural antibodies and autoimmune epilepsy in focal epilepsy of unknown etiology: An observational study in a Singaporean cohort

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Autoimmune epilepsy (AES) is increasingly recognized as a condition in patients with epilepsy of unknown etiology. Early immunotherapy improves outcomes; however, data on its prevalence and the frequency of anti‐neural/neuronal antibodies in Asian populations remain scarce.
Seong Jin Park, Jeanne May May Tan, Xuejuan Peng, Patricia Yut Wan Wong, Karine Su Shan Tay, Angelia Swee Hoon Koe, Janis Siew Noi Tye, Josiah Yui Huei Chai, Pei Xuan Koh, Yee Leng Tan, Sheila Srinivasan, Ngai Kun Loh, Nigel Choon Kiat Tan, Kevin Tan, Tianrong Yeo   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intrathecal baclofen treatment in dystonic cerebral palsy: a randomized clinical trial: the IDYS trial [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Dystonic cerebral palsy is primarily caused by damage to the basal ganglia and central cortex. The daily care of these patients can be difficult due to dystonic movements.
Strijers, Rob L. M., Dan Soudant, van Ouwerkerk, Willem J. R., Becher, J.G., Becher, Jules G., van Ouwerkerk, W.J.R., van de Ven, P.M., Geytenbeek, J.J.M., Bonouvrie, Laura A., Vincent de Groot, Bonouvrié, L.A., Laura A Bonouvrié, Joke Geytenbeek, Vermeulen, R.J., Jules G Becher, de Groot, V., Rob LM Strijers, Vles, Johannes S. H., Boeschoten, Karin, Strijers, R.L.M., Elisabeth Foncke, Geytenbeek, Joke, Willem JR van Ouwerkerk, R Jeroen Vermeulen, Teernstra, Onno, Karin Boeschoten, Peter M van de Ven, Johannes SH Vles, van de Ven, Peter M., Vermeulen, R. Jeroen, Teernstra, O., Foncke, Elisabeth, Vles, J.S.H., Boeschoten, K., Foncke, E., de Groot, Vincent, Onno Teernstra, Soudant, D., Soudant, Dan   +38 more
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Dystonic tremor and blepharospasm in a patient with deletion of 18q

, 2023
18q- Syndrome is a rare chromosomic syndrome where neurological involvement is scarcely described. Movement disorders are rare and only one case with dystonia was described.
Valente M., Gigli G. L., Tereshko Y., Lettieri C., Belgrado E., Damante G., Passon N.   +6 more
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“It Was Something Outside of Me, Controlling Me”: Young People's Perspectives on the Role of Externalisation in Recovery From Anorexia Nervosa

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Externalisation is a therapeutic approach that separates the problem from the person, widely used in treating anorexia nervosa (AN) to help young people understand their illness and to collaborate with their families against the disorder.
Alex Skolnick, Lucinda J. Gledhill, Rosie Satherley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pitch Strength & Percent Vocal Creak to Assess Treatment Response in Adductor Laryngeal Dystonia

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Pitch Strength (PS) and Percent Vocal Creak (%VC) were measured before and after botulinum neurotoxin treatment in patients with adductor laryngeal dystonia (AdLD). While PS and %VC correlated with changes in disruption frequency and perceptual severity, they did not demonstrate robust group‐level treatment sensitivity.
Jesse D. Hoffmeister, Maisie K. Simpson, Joseph Hayek, Scott Lunos, Stephanie Misono, Jürgen Konczak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Club-Cutting" Dystonic Tremor: a Case Report [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Focal task-specific dystonic postures are well recognized. Often a tremor may be the main feature with little or no dystonia. These have been well reported in writers, musicians, and sportspeople.Case Report: Herein we report a ...
Timothy Lynch, Lynch, Timothy, Mahon, Barry, O’Rourke, Killian, Killian O'Rourke, Roberts, Kinley, Kinley Roberts, Barry Mahon   +7 more
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Acute dystonia in a patient with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Mental Illness, 2015
The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (di George syndrome) is one of the most prevalent genetic disorders. The clinical features of the syndrome are distinct facial appearance, velopharyngeal insufficiency, conotruncal heart disease, parathyroid and immune ...
Konstantinos Kontoangelos, Antonis Maillis, Maria Maltezou, Sofia Tsiori, Charalambos C. Papageorgiou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Orofacial Drinking Tremor: A Case Series and Literature Review

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Task‐specific orofacial tremor is a rare condition in which rhythmic oscillations of orofacial muscles occur during specific actions. Drinking tremor represents a recurrent pattern in isolated reports, although its phenomenology and underlying mechanisms remain incompletely defined.
Daniele Birreci, Luca Angelini, Simone Aloisio, Anna S. Grandolfo, Sara Cirinei, Adriana Martini, Martina De Riggi, Matteo Bologna   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy Remaining at Time of Requested Re-Treatment for Cervical Dystonia: A Potential New Treatment Paradigm with DaxibotulinumtoxinA

Toxins
The therapeutic efficacy remaining from prior treatments with botulinum toxins (BoNTs) when cervical dystonia (CD) patients prefer to be re-treated has not been well characterized. Here, we assessed the residual therapeutic efficacy of BoNT injections at
Aaron Ellenbogen, Robert A. Hauser, Atul T. Patel, Peter McAllister, Todd M. Gross, Rashid Kazerooni, Conor J. Gallagher, David A. Hollander   +7 more
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Dysphagia and Muscle Weakness Secondary to Botulinum Toxin Type A Treatment of Cervical Dystonia: A Drug Class Analysis of Prescribing Information

Toxins
The first-line management of cervical dystonia (CD) symptoms is intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA). However, a comparison of safety among BoNTAs is difficult because, per regulatory authorities, units of BoNTA activity are not ...
Khashayar Dashtipour, Han S. Lee, Aaron Ellenbogen, Rashid Kazerooni, Todd M. Gross, David A. Hollander, Conor J. Gallagher   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source