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Original Source: Generalized dystonia dystonia musculorum deformans
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Generalized dystonia dystonia musculorum deformans
Orthopedics is the science or practice of correcting deformities caused by disease or damage to the bones and joints of the skeleton. This specialized branch of surgery may involve operation, manipu...
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Rheumatology is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and management of disease involving joints, tendons, muscles, ligaments and associated structures (Oxford Medical Dictionary). It...
Huntington's disease is a hereditary disease caused by a defect in a single gene on Chromosome 4 that is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. The defect causes a part of DNA, called a CAG...
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Perthes’ disease link to congenital disorders revealed
Researchers have linked Perthes' disease with several congenital conditions, pointing to intra-uterine factors behind the development of the disease.
DBS Benefits in Dystonia May Linger After Device Shut-Off
New report adds to a 'small but emerging' body of evidence of lingering motor benefit in dystonia after interruption of neurostimulation. Medscape Medical News
3 years and 5 years after surgery, pallidal neurostimulation continues to be an effective and relatively safe treatment option for patients with severe idiopathic dystonia. This long-term observation...
Concurrent Botox Treatment of Cervical Dystonia and Migraine
Chronic headache, including migraine, may commonly occur with cervical dystonia. Can onabotulinumtoxinA effectively treat both disorders concurrently? Headache
Botulinum Toxin Good Long-Term in Dystonia (CME/CE)
SYDNEY (MedPage Today) -- After at least 10 years of treatment, dystonia patients receiving botulinum neurotoxin continued to achieve symptom relief at the same magnitude and at virtually the same dos...
Psychogenic Dystonia Differs From Organic Disease
A new brain imaging study compared psychogenic and organic dystonia, with findings that may open new avenues for treatment of psychogenic disorders. Medscape Medical News
First dystonia gene found in African-Americans
A pair of studies tells the tale of how a neuroscientist at Mayo Clinic in Florida helped to discover the first African-American family to have inherited the rare movement disorder dystonia, which cau...
[Comment] Setting realistic expectations for DBS in dystonia
The modern era of deep brain stimulation (DBS) began in 1987, after Alim Louis Benabid's report on the successful implantation of an electrical lead in the ventral intermediate thalamus to provide chr...
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Classification of legg-calvé-perthes disease.
Although the etiology of Perthes disease remains unknown 100 years after its first description, there are many articles that describe the disease course, final outcome, and results of treatment. A sys...
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: There is an ongoing debate whether essential tremor (ET) represents a monosymptomatic disorder or other neurologic symptoms are compatible with the diagnosis of ET. Many patients...
Neurophysiology of dystonia: The role of inhibition.
The pathophysiology of dystonia has been best studied in patients with focal hand dystonia. A loss of inhibitory function has been demonstrated at spinal, brainstem and cortical levels. Many cortical...
Arthrogram in legg-calvé-perthes disease.
There is a consensus among researchers that the treatment for Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, whether conservative or surgical, is always based on the concept of "containment," that is, maintaining the f...
Legg-calve-perthes disease: etiology, pathogenesis, and biology.
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is a complex pediatric hip disorder with many uncertainties. Various theories on its etiology have been proposed but none have been validated conclusively. Through experimen...
