Service-based survey of dystonia in Munich [PDF]
, 2002 We performed a service-based epidemiological study of dystonia in Munich, Germany. Due to favourable referral and treatment patterns in the Munich area, we could provide confident data from dystonia patients seeking botulinum toxin treatment.
Ben-Shlomo, Y. +7 more
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Oromandibular dystonia in Yemeni patients with khat chewing: a response to botulinum toxin treatment
Neurology International, 2014 Khat-(Catha edulis) related oromandibular dystonia is a difficult-to-treat subset of movement disorders that involve masticatory muscles with diverse and incapacitating manifestations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Botulinum toxin-
Hatem S. Shehata +4 more
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Clinical spectrum of focal dystonias: Experience from a tertiary care center
Annals of Movement Disorders, 2020 BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of literature in patients with focal dystonia from our country with certain differences in the clinical characteristics as compared to the Western population.
Rupesh Prasad +4 more
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Oromandibular dystonia: a serious side effect of capecitabine [PDF]
, 2015 textabstractBackground: Capecitabine has activity against several types of cancer. In 10-15% of patients treated with capecitabine, treatment is discontinued because of serious adverse reactions, mostly within the first weeks of treatment.
Eric CT Geijteman +5 more
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Lateral pterygoid muscle dystonia. A new technique for treatment with botulinum toxin guided by electromyography and arthroscopy [PDF]
, 2011 Lateral pterygoid muscle dystonia is characterized by mandibular displacement towards the opposite side of the affected muscle. It may be associated with functional disorders affecting speech, swallowing, chewing and facial symmetry.
Altura Guillén, Oscar Miguel +6 more
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Temporal discrimination: Mechanisms and relevance to adult-onset dystonia [PDF]
, 2017 Temporal discrimination is the ability to determine that two sequential sensory stimuli are separated in time. For any individual, the temporal discrimination threshold (TDT) is the minimum interval at which paired sequential stimuli are perceived as ...
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Jaw-opening oromandibular dystonia secondary to Wilson's Disease treated with botulinum toxin type A
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2012 We have reported a case series of five patients with jaw-opening oromandibular dystonia secondary to Wilson's disease (WD), in which the patients were treated with botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A).
Hélio A.G. Teive +5 more
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Oromandibular dystonia associated with sertraline in an adolescent patient
Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2021 Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are widely prescribed to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders. Sertraline is a relatively selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor with some dopamine reuptake inhibitor activity.
Sevcan Sarısoy +2 more
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Does the somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold change over time in focal dystonia? [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: The somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold (STDT) is defined as the shortest interval at which an individual recognizes two stimuli as asynchronous. Some evidence suggests that STDT depends on cortical inhibitory interneurons in the
Belvisi, Daniele +6 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 BackgroundMeige’ s syndrome, a rare form of dystonia, lacks effective treatment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of CT-guided percutaneous extracranial radiofrequency ablation of the facial and/or trigeminal nerves in the treatment
Bing Huang +5 more
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