Botulinum toxin type A therapy for blepharospasm – Update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective: To compare the effects of botulinum toxin type A (BtA) versus placebo in blepharospasm. Background: This is an update of a Cochrane systematic review.…Botulinum toxin type B therapy for cervical dystonia – 2015 update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective: To compare the effects of botulinum toxin type B (BtB) versus placebo in cervical dystonia (CD). Background: This is an update of a Cochrane…Effect of botulinum toxin on the non-motor symptoms of dystonia
Objective: To assess the prevalence of non-motor symptoms (NMS) in patients with cervical dystonia and dystonic head tremor receiving standard botulinum toxin (BoNT) treatment and…Long-term comparative outcomes of functional neurosurgical procedures for treatment of secondary hemidystonia
Objective: To report and compare the outcomes of functional neurosurgical procedures for treatment of secondary hemidystonia performed at Hospital das Clinicas in São Paulo (HC-FMUSP).…Are we speaking the same language? A pilot study to evaluate the agreement in clinical phenotyping of children with cerebral palsy
Objective: The aim of this pilot study was determine the agreement of phenotypical classification of children with cerebral palsy among clinicians. Background: Cerebral palsy (CP)…Tourette syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders
Objective: Tourette syndrome (TS) and related tic disorders are commonly associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It has been argued,…Acute movement disorders in Tunisian childhood
Objective: To describe clinical, imaging and therapeutic features in 80 children with acute movement disorders. Background: Acute movement disorders are usually misdiagnosed in childhood. Our…Dystonia, myoclonus, and tremor without epilepsy associated with a mutation in STXBP1
Objective: Describe a presentation of abnormal movements associated with a mutation in STXBP1. Background: STXBP1, or the syntaxin binding protein 1 gene, is involved in…MRI abnormalities and EEG patterns of symptomatic epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy
Objective: Objective of the study was to investigate the neuroradiological, neurophysiological and morphological characteristics of symptomatic epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy. Background: Cerebral palsy…ADCY5 screening in paediatric-onset hyperkinetic movement disorders: Report of three new Italian families
Objective: To report three new cases with pathogenic ADCY5 mutations and describe their clinical phenotype. Background: ADCY5 is a recently identified gene responsible for a…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.