Hemifacial spasm – Therapeutic assessment of botulinum toxin
Objective: To evaluate the long-term effect of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) in the treatment of hemifacial spasm (HFS) in a large group of patients…Alcohol-responsive action myoclonus of the leg in prostate cancer: A novel paraneoplastic syndrome
Objective: To describe two patients with prostate cancer and identical phenotypes of likely paraneoplastic unilateral leg myoclonus. Background: Paraneoplastic movement disorders (PMDs) in prostate cancer…How do we clinically distinguish subtypes of myoclonus? A retrospective study
Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of clinical phenotyping in a heterogeneous cohort of patients presenting with myoclonus and to determine clinical characteristics. Furthermore, we studied…Transient myoclonic state in the elderly: A new entity in the classification of myoclonus
Objective: To clarify the clinical picture of transient myoclonic state in elderly patients and to establish a position in the classification of myoclonus. Background: Transient…Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome in a seronegative patient with disseminated cryptococcosis: The first case report
Objective: To describe a 56-year-old man who presented with OMA due to disseminated cryptococcosis. Background: Opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome (OMA) is a rare neurological syndrome,characterized by a…Topiramate responsive adult-onset opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome
Objective: Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia (OMA) is a rare neurological syndrome characterized with with autoimmune background. However the exact pathophysiology is not clear. Most common underlying…Psychiatric profile in functional (psychogenic) jerky movement disorders
Objective: To systematically assess the psychiatric profile in functional jerky movement disorders. Background: Less and less emphasis is currently placed on psychopathology in functional neurologic…Oculopalatal myoclonus after stroke
Objective: Analysis of clinical course of oculopalatal myoclonus (OPM) and MRI images of the brain. Background: OPM are rare movement disorders connected with the injury…Ortostatic myoclonus: A report of four cases
Objective: To highlight the presentation of orthostatic myoclonus and to increase awareness of this syndrome amongst neurologists and physicians. Background: Orthostatic unsteadiness (unsteadiness on standing)…Symptomatic palatal and respiratory tremor with ataxia following fourth ventricle epidermoid cyst removal
Objective: Present rare cause of symptomatic palatal tremor and ataxia after fourth ventricle cyst removal with unusual respiratory muscle involvement. Background: Symptomatic palatal tremor (SPT)…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.