Three distinct cases of methamphetamine induced movement disorders
Objective: To detail three cases of methamphetamine induced movement disorders with unique clinical phenotypes. Background: MA is an addictive psychostimulant that affects both the central…Valproate-associated parkinsonism – A critical review of the literature
Objective: To provide a critical review of the existing literature on valproate-associated parkinsonism and to discuss possible mechanisms. Background: Valproate was first approved as an…MEK inhibitors have antidyskinetic effects in hemiParkinsonian rats that are associated with critical neurochemical alterations in the striatum
Objective: To examine the effects of MEK inhibitors PD98059 and U0126 on L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia and the induced molecular changes. Background: L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID) represents one…Persistent drug-induced parkinsonism with normal dopamine transporter imaging
Objective: We investigated whether patients with persistent drug-induced parkinsonism (DIP) showing visually normal dopamine transporter (DAT) imaging had minimal changes in striatal DAT activity using…A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of deutetrabenazine for the treatment of tardive dyskinesia (ARM-TD)
Objective: To determine the efficacy and safety of deutetrabenazine (DTB) as a treatment for tardive dyskinesia (TD). Background: There is no approved treatment for TD,…Ciprofloxacin as the cause of syndroma extrapiramidale
Objective: Ciprofloxacin in rare cases can cause paresthesia, dysesthesia, hypoesthesia, tremor, convulsions, dizziness . Background: The patient, 22 years old, comes in the emergency room,…A survey of movement disorders in a large sample of patients treated with antipsychotic medication
Objective: To describe the prevalence and nature of movement disorders (MD) in a large sample of patients treated with antipsychotic medication. Background: Although there are…Endoscopically-documented pharyngeal dystonia due to neuroleptic use without response to alcohol
Objective: To review a case of endoscopically-documented pharyngeal dystonia and its response to alcohol. Background: Pharyngeal dystonia is a rare complication of neuroleptic use, resulting…Lance-Adams syndrome with post-hypoxic myoclonus- physiotherapy intervention
Objective: To evaluate the benefit of physiotherapy (PT) interventions on functional limitations in a patient with Lance-Adams Syndrome (LAS) with post-hypoxic myoclonus using 10 meter…The phenotypic and genetic features of myoclonus-dystonia in six Saudi Arabian kindreds
Objective: To study the motor symptoms, psychiatric and neuropsychological features and genetic findings of patients with familial dystonia with or without myoclonus in a movement…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.