Incidence and etiologies of pediatric asterixis
Objective: To retrospectively examine the incidence and etiologies of asterixis in children evaluated at a tertiary care pediatric hospital. Background: Asterixis (negative myoclonus) is associated…Results of the German registry of pediatric deep brain stimulation in patients with childhood-onset dyskinetic movement disorders (GEPESTIM)
Objective: We seek to systematically evaluate the clinical outcome of pediatric patients undergoing DBS at different stages of development. Background: Data on pediatric deep brain…Novel mutations identified in dopamine transporter deficiency syndrome
Objective: We aim to describe clinical phenotype, genotype and functional studies in a new cohort patients identified with Dopamine Transporter deficiency syndrome (DTDS). Background: Dopamine…Clinical course and treatment of 6 children with GNAO1 mutations causing a severe, life-threatening chorea
Objective: We describe the clinical course of 6 patients with de novo GNAO1 mutations with severe chorea, developmental delay and hypotonia, but the absence of…Alternating hemiplegia of childhood: Movement disorders and epilepsy due to mutuations in ATP1A3
Objective: To present 2 cases of children with genetic confirmative test of alternating hemiplejia of childhood. Background: Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a dominant…Localization of basal ganglia and thalamic damage in dyskinetic cerebral palsy
Objective: To quantitatively consolidate published reports of deep grey matter injury in cerebral palsy to determine the patterns of injury associated with dystonia and dyskinesias.…Spectrum of acute movement disorders in a pediatric movement disorder clinic; Malaysian experience
Objective: To describe the spectrum of acute movement disorders in paediatric population encountered in a tertiary care neurology center in Malaysia for the duration of…Beliefs and knowledge on Parkinson’s disease (PD) among people with PD, the public and traditional healers in Western Cape, South Africa
Objective: To determine belief systems and knowledge about PD among patients with PD, among the public and among traditional healers. Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is…Nursing diagnoses and interventions in rehabilitation related to antiParkinsonian pharmacotherapy
Objective: To analyze the role of nurses in antiParkinsonian pharmacotherapy based on the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®). Background: Although it is considered an…Gender-dependent behavioral and biochemical differences in the A53T genetic mouse model of Parkinson’s disease
Objective: The main aim of the present study was to investigate whether behavioral and biochemical differences may occur between male and female old (12-month-old) transgenic…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.