Visual and ocular motor function in the atypical form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type I [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND/AIMS: Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) type I is a rare disease that can be divided into a classical or atypical variant, according to age of onset and clinical pattern.
Amorim, M +7 more
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Chinese Medical Journal, 2016 Background: Few studies have addressed whether abnormalities in the lenticular nucleus (LN) are characteristic transcranial sonography (TCS) echo features in patients with primary dystonia.
Ying Zhang +11 more
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Botulinum Toxin Clinic-Based Epidemiologic Survey of Adults with Primary Dystonia in East China [PDF]
Journal of Movement Disorders, 2012 Background and Purpose: Primary focal or segmental dystonia is a rare clinical condition. The clinical features of dystonia have not been evaluated in China.
Li Wang +6 more
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Review of differential diagnosis and management of spasmodic dysphonia [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose of Review: The recent literature on spasmodic dysphonia is reviewed with regard to pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, treatment options, audits, and current methods of management.
Baldner +44 more
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Temporomandibular disorders in patients with craniocervical dystonia
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2011 Temporomandibular disorders are a set of musculoskeletal dysfunctions within the masticatory system, with multiple etiologies. OBJECTIVE: Since craniocervical dystonia can involve the same neuromuscular structure as the temporomandibular joint, we sought
André L. Costa +3 more
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Característica clínicas e tratamento com toxina botulínica em blefaroespasmo: experiência de 17 anos [PDF]
, 2012 OBJECTIVE: It was to analyze clinical aspects of patients with blepharospasm, including outcomes of botulinum toxin treatment. Additionally, clinical characteristics of isolated blepharospasm were compared to those of blepharospasm plus other movement ...
Aquino, Camila Catherine +6 more
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Journal of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Screening, 2023 Aromatic L-Amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency is a rare neurometabolic disorder due to a homozygous or compound heterozygous pathogenic variant of the DDC gene, resulting in low synthesis of the biogenic amines dopamine, serotonin, epinephrine ...
Helio van der Linden Jr. +3 more
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Oromandibular Dystonia: An Update for Dental Professionals
Cumhuriyet Dental Journal, 2022 Oromandibular Dystonia (OMD) is a type of focal dystonia which affects the masticatory, cervical, facial, eyelid, laryngeal, and pharyngeal muscles. OMD patients may consult dentists with involuntary movement or spasm of the lips, tongue, involuntary jaw
Vidya Ajila, Shruthi Hegde
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Altered sensorimotor activation patterns in idiopathic dystonia - an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies [PDF]
, 2015 Dystonia is characterized by sustained or intermittent muscle contractions causing abnormal, often repetitive, movements or postures. Functional neuroimaging studies have yielded abnormal task-related sensorimotor activation in dystonia, but the results ...
Eickhoff, Simon +5 more
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White Matter Microstructure in Idiopathic Craniocervical Dystonia
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2015 Background: Dystonias are hyperkinetic movement disorders characterized by involuntary muscle contractions resulting in abnormal torsional movements and postures.
Giordanna L. Pinheiro +11 more
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