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Imaging Studies in Focal Dystonias: A Systems Level Approach to Studying a Systems Level Disorder [PDF]

, 2014
Focal dystonias are dystonias that affect one part of the body, and are sometimes task-specific. Brain imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques have been valuable in defining the pathophysiology of dystonias in general, and are ...
Blood, Anne J
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Adductor focal laryngeal Dystonia: correlation between clinicians’ ratings and subjects’ perception of Dysphonia [PDF]

, 2017
Background Although considerable research has focused on the etiology and symptomology of adductor focal laryngeal dystonia (AD-FLD), little is known about the correlation between clinicians’ ratings and patients’ perception of this voice
Blitzer, Andrew, Diamond, Beverly E., Kling, Irene F., Sinclair, Catherine F., Stewart, Celia F.   +4 more
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Reporting on psychological well-being of older adults with chronic aphasia in the context of unaffected peers [PDF]

, 2011
Purpose: It is important that professionals working with individuals with acquired neurogenic communication disorders consider their clients’ psychological wellbeing. Much is known about the significant emotional, social and psychological consequences of
Cruice, M., Hickson, L., Worrall, L.
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The difficult management of patients with respiratory segmental dystonia [PDF]

, 2007
Respiratory dystonia is a rare and difficult to diagnose disorder, that causes breathing restriction of various degrees. The objective of the study is to report the case of a patient with respiratory dystonia involving the larynx and the pharynx and its ...
De Biase, Noemi Grigoletto, Pontes, Paulo Augusto de Lima, Santos Junior, Vanier, Vieira, Vanessa Pedrosa, Yazaki, Reinaldo Kazuo, Zambonato, Priscila   +5 more
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Female predominance in spasmodic dysphonia [PDF]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1997
We were interested to see the sex prevalence results in the recent review of focal dystonia by Soland et al .1 They found that of 956 patients with dystonia, 558 (58.4%) were female, for a ratio of 1.4:1. All but the cases of writer’s cramp had more females than males. In their spasmodic dysphonia group the ratio was 2.6:1 female:male (n=36).
Charles H. Adler, Stephen F. Bansberg, Brian W. Edwards   +2 more
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Neural correlates of abnormal sensory discrimination in laryngeal dystonia [PDF]

, 2015
Aberrant sensory processing plays a fundamental role in the pathophysiology of dystonia; however, its underpinning neural mechanisms in relation to dystonia phenotype and genotype remain unclear. We examined temporal and spatial discrimination thresholds
Battistella, Giovanni, Blitzer, Andrew, Choy, Melissa, Farwell, Ian M., Frucht, Steven J., Hutchinson, Michael, Ozelius, Laurie J., Ramdhani, Ritesh A., Reilly, Richard B., Rubien-Thomas, Estee, Simonyan, Kristina, Termsarasab, Pichet, Velickovic, Miodrag   +12 more
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Tratamento médico e fonoaudiológico da disfonia espasmódica: uma revisão bibliográfica [PDF]

, 2013
A disfonia espasmódica (DE) é um distúrbio vocal caracterizado por voz tensa-estrangulada, com quebras de sonoridade e que compromete a comunicação do indivíduo.
Aronson AE, Behlau M, Birkent H, Braden MN, Cannito MP, Cantarella G, Chang CY, Chhetri DK, Chhetri DK, Delnooz CCS, Fisher K, Grillone GA, Haselden K, Isshiki N, Kim HS, Koufman JA, Ludlow CL, Nakamura K, Paniello RC, Paniello RC, Ress CJ, Santos AO, Santos VJB, Sanuki T, Sanuki T, Sanuki T, Siemons-Lurinhg DI, Smith ME, Su CY, Thomas JP, Truong DD, Tsuji DH, Upile T, Viola IC, Watts C, Watts CR, Woodson G, Xue S, Zwiner P, Zwiner P   +39 more
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Predictors of Loneliness in Parkinson's Disease and Craniocervical Dystonia

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Loneliness is a state in which an individual feels socially isolated due to deficiencies in the quantity or quality of social relationships and interaction. To date very little is known about loneliness in Parkinson's disease (PD) and focal/segmental craniocervical dystonia (FSCD).
Suzette Shahmoon, Dejan Georgiev, Paul Jarman, Kailash Bhatia, Patricia Limousin, Marjan Jahanshahi   +5 more
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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., Ceballos-Baumann, Andres, Conrad, B., Gasser, T., Kamm, C., Konkiewitz, E. C., Trender-Gerhard, I., Warner, T.   +7 more
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Long‐Term Safety and Efficacy of Repeat Treatments with DaxibotulinumtoxinA in Cervical Dystonia: Results from the ASPEN‐Open‐Label Study

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background DaxibotulinumtoxinA (DAXI), a novel botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) formulation, was shown to be safe, effective, and long‐lasting in the treatment of cervical dystonia (CD) over one treatment cycle in the phase 3, randomized, placebo‐controlled ASPEN‐1 trial.
Peter McAllister, Atul T. Patel, Marta Banach, Aaron Ellenbogen, Jaroslaw Slawek, Sebastian Paus, Hyder A. Jinnah, Virgilio Evidente, Todd M. Gross, Rashid Kazerooni, Conor J. Gallagher, David A. Hollander   +11 more
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