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June
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KinesioTaping Reduces Pain and Modulates Sensory Function in Patients With Focal Dystonia: A Randomized Crossover Pilot Study.
Pelosin E, Avanzino L, Marchese R, Stramesi P, Bilanci M, Trompetto C, Abbruzzese G. - June 24, 2013

BACKGROUND: Pain is one of the most common and disabling "nonmotor" symptoms in patients with dystonia. No recent study evaluated the pharmacological or physical therapy approaches to specifically treat dystonic pain symptoms.
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June
24th
Secondary and primary dystonia: pathophysiological differences.
Kojovic M, Pareés I, Kassavetis P, Palomar FJ, Mir P, Teo JT, Cordivari C, Rothwell JC, Bhatia KP, Edwards MJ. - June 24, 2013

Primary dystonia is thought to be a disorder of the basal ganglia because the symptoms resemble those of patients who have anatomical lesions in the same regions of the brain (secondary dystonia). However, these two groups of patients respond differently to therapy suggesting differences in pathophysiological mechanisms.
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June
24th
Development and validation of a clinical guideline for diagnosing blepharospasm.
Defazio G, Hallett M, Jinnah HA, Berardelli A. - June 24, 2013

OBJECTIVE:To design and validate a clinical diagnostic guideline for aiding physicians in confirming or refuting suspected blepharospasm.METHODS: The guideline was developed and validated in a 3-step procedure: 1) identification of clinical items related to the phenomenology of blepharospasm, 2) assessment of the relevance of each item to the diagnosis of blepharospasm, and 3) evaluation of the reliability and diagnostic sensitivity/specificity of the selected clinical items.
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June
24th
Expanding the clinical phenotype of DYT5 mutations: is multiple system atrophy a possible one?
Ceravolo R, Nicoletti V, Garavaglia B, Reale C, Kiferle L, Bonuccelli U. - June 24, 2013

Autosomal dominantly inherited mutations in the GTP cyclohydrolase 1 (GCH1) gene are associated with dopamine-responsive dystonia (DRD), also known as DYT5. Rare atypical presentations have been described, including adulthood Parkinson disease (PD) with in vivo evidence of nigrostriatal degeneration.fast cash number */
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June
24th
The genetics of dystonia: new twists in an old tale.
Charlesworth G, Bhatia KP, Wood NW. - June 24, 2013

Dystonia is a common movement disorder seen by neurologists in clinic. Genetic forms of the disease are important to recognize clinically and also provide valuable information about possible pathogenic mechanisms within the wider disorder. In the past few years, with the advent of new sequencing technologies, there has been a step change in the pace of discovery in the field of dystonia genetics.
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KinesioTaping Reduces Pain and Modulates Sensory Function in Patients With Focal Dystonia: A Randomized Crossover Pilot Study.

Secondary and primary dystonia: pathophysiological differences.

Development and validation of a clinical guideline for diagnosing blepharospasm.

Expanding the clinical phenotype of DYT5 mutations: is multiple system atrophy a possible one?

The genetics of dystonia: new twists in an old tale.

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