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Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2018 Background Dystonia-deafness syndrome is a well-known clinical entity, with sensorineural deafness typically manifesting earlier than dystonia. ACTB p.Arg183Trp heterozygosity has been reported in six patients to cause combined infant-onset deafness and ...
Inger Marie Skogseid +8 more
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Use of Botulinum Toxin in Orofacial Clinical Practice
Toxins, 2020 Introduction: Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is a potent biological toxin and powerful therapeutic tool for a growing number of clinical orofacial applications.
Maria-Angeles Serrera-Figallo +6 more
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Facial muscle movements in patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing phonation tests
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 PurposeParkinson's disease (PD) is a serious neurodegenerative disease affecting the elderly. In general, the locomotion deficit, which seriously affects the daily life of patients with PD, usually occurs at a later stage. The mask face symptom meanwhile
Fan Xu +9 more
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Wishbone pattern of iron accumulation: A pathognomonic sign of type III GM1 gangliosidosis
Annals of Movement Disorders, 2019 Type III GM1 gangliosidosis is the adult or chronic variant of a lysosomal storage disorder, which occurs secondary to deficiency of β-galactosidase.
Shweta Prasad +3 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 +4 more
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Post Stroke Lingual Dystonia: Clinical Description and Neuroimaging Findings
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2019 Background: Lingual dystonia is extremely rare following stroke. We describe clinical features and neuroimaging findings in a series of 11 patients (seven acute and four chronic) with post-stroke lingual dystonia and review the literature.
Sanjay Pandey, Priyanka Tater
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Tetanus presented as hemiparesis and facial dystonia
J. Neuroinfect. Dis., 2018 We report a case of tetanus presenting as the facial dystonia and hemiparesis with complete recovery and video accompanied follow-up. A 78-year-old male, who sustained an abrasion to his right forearm, presented with dysarthria, dysphagia, prominent involuntary painful muscle spasms in the face, blepharospasm, risus sardonicus, trismus (lockjaw), neck ...
Dulski, Jarosław, Schinwelski, Michal
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Oromandibular dystonia: A rare clinical entity
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2019 Oromandibular dystonia (OMD) is a chronic, disabling focal dystonia involving masticatory, facial, pharyngeal, lingual, and lip muscles. OMD interferes with normal orofacial functions, such as deglutition and speech leading to impaired quality of life ...
B Shailaja +3 more
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Effects of onabotulinum toxin type A injections in patients with Meige's syndrome
Arquivos de Neuro-PsiquiatriaBackground Meige's syndrome is a type of facial dystonia characterized by the simultaneous occurrence of blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia.
Alexia Duarte +3 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background The globus pallidus internus is the main target for the treatment of dystonia by deep brain stimulation. Unfortunately, for some genetic etiologies, the therapeutic outcome of dystonia is less predictable.
Andrea Giorni +5 more
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