Yearly four months’ disability gap in cervical dystonia due to run-out botulinum toxin effect
Objective: To investigate the causes of disability in patients with cervical dystonia. Background: Despite the development of medical treatment, cervical dystonia impairs the daily living…An update on genotype-phenotype correlation in X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP/DYT3)
Objective: To further characterize the severity, movement abnormalities, and disease course in an expanded cohort of subjects and their families with XDP and determine if…Dystonia-deafness syndrome caused by beta -actin gene mutation and the effect of pallidal deep brain stimulation
Objective: To report on two patients with dystonia-deafness syndrome associated with a mutation in the beta actin gene and a positive effect of pallidal deep…Temporal discrimination threshold and the menstrual cycle
Objective: To demonstrate the absence of any significant difference in weekly TDT values during two consecutive menstrual cycles in healthy female volunteers. Background: Temporal discrimination…Long-term effects of a short inpatient rehabilitation course and peer support in dystonia
Objective: To evaluate long- term effects of an inpatient rehabilitation course in dystonia. Background: The participants immediate feedback after the rehabilitation course is positive and…Unilateral pallidotomy for cervical dystonia
Objective: We investigated the validity of unilateral pallidotomy for cervical dystonia using severity scale of Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTRS, range: 0-35). Background:…A functional magnetic imaging study of the response in the superior colliculus to looming stimuli in cervical dystonia patients and their relatives
Objective: To demonstrate the functional magnetic resonance imaging response to looming stimuli in the superior colliculus of cervical dystonia patients and their relatives with and…Cerebellar learning and its modifiability by alcohol in myoclonus-dystonia
Objective: To investigate cerebellar learning and its modifiability by alcohol in SGCE mutation-positive M-D using eye blink conditioning (EBC). Background: M-D is characterized by generalized…The high prevalence of pain among patients with X linked dystonia parkinsonism
Objective: To evaluate the frequency of pain and its severity among XDP (X linked dystonia parkinsonism) patients. Background: Sex-linked dystonia parkinsonism (XDP, DYT3, "Lubag") is…Early retirement and loss of income among X linked dystonia parkinsonism (XDP / DYT3) patients in Capiz, Roxas City Philippines
Objective: To determine the rates of unemployment among patients with X linked dystonia parkinsonism (XDP). Background: X linked dystonia parkinsonism (XDP, DYT3, "Lubag") is a…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.