DYT16/PRKRA founder mutation causes childhood-onset generalized dystonia in a family from southern Italy
Objective: To describe a family with three siblings affected by the combination of dystonia and parkinsonism, as a resulting phenotype of recessive PRKRA mutation. Background:…Endoscopic-guided injection of botulinum toxin into the longus capitis muscle and into the obliquus superior part of the longus colli muscle in dystonic antecaput
Objective: Cervical dystonia is the most commonly described dystonia. Since examinations of the muscle using imaging techniques were started [1], the classification of the phenomenological…Pre-pulse inhibition of blink reflex in cervical dystonia
Objective: We aimed to analyze prepulse inhibition (PPI) of blink reflex (BR) in a group of patients with cervical dystonia (CD) to determine sensory modulation…Sensory tricks in cervical dystonia
Objective: We aimed to analyze frequency and localizations of sensory tricks in patients with cervical dystonia (CD). Background: CD is characterized by continuous or intermittent…Investigation of the influence of the parieto-premotor network on the motor cortex in writer’s cramp using transcranial magnetic stimulation
Objective: We aimed to study the influence of the parieto-premotor network on the motor cortex in patients with writer's cramp. Background: The parietal and premotor…Psychiatric co-morbidity is highly prevalent in idiopathic cervical dystonia and significantly influences health-related quality of life: Results of a controlled study
Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and factors influencing health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in cervical…Sensory tricks in primary blepharospasm and cervical dystonia
Objective: To study the frequency, types, phenomenology and effectiveness of sensory tricks in primary blepharospasm and cervical dystonia patients. Background: Sensory tricks or geste antagoniste…Categories of psychogenic movement disorders to functional blepharospasm
Objective: 1) To investigate if the categories of psychogenic dystonia (PD) proposed by Gupta and Lang could be applied to psychogenic blepharospasm (PB); 2) To…Disruption of cerebellar connectivity in cervical dystonia
Objective: To evaluate the position of cerebellum in the pathophysiology of cervical dystonia by assessing the differences of cerebellar connectivity when comparing normal subjects and…The prevalence of non- motor symptoms in dystonia
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of non- motor symptoms in patients with idiopathic isolated dystonia and their correlation with disease duration, motor symptoms severity and…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.