Results: 8

Nueva mutación en el gen KMT2B como causa de distonía generalizada de inicio temprano: reporte de caso

Biomédica (Bogotá); 42 (3), 2022
La distonía por mutación en el gen KMT2B es un subtipo recientemente descrito del inicio focal de la enfermedad en los miembros inferiores que, posteriormente, evoluciona a una forma generalizada con compromiso cervical y orofaríngeo, disartria, trastorno secundario de la deglución y discapacidad int...

Presentación atípica de síndrome de CamuratiEngelmann en una paciente femenina colombiana. Reporte de caso

Med. UIS; 34 (1), 2021
Resumen El síndrome de Camurati-Engelmann, también conocido como displasia diafisaria progresiva, es una enfermedad rara, autosómica dominante y con una prevalencia de uno por cada millón de habitantes. Genera mutaciones del factor de crecimiento transformante beta, que participa en la proliferación...

Safety of transcranial direct current stimulation in a patient with deep brain stimulation electrodes

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been investigated in movement disorders, making it a therapeutic alternative in clinical settings. However, there is still no consensus on the most appropriate treatment protocols in most cases, and the presence of deep brain stimul...

Epidemiological and clinical aspects of a sample of Brazilian patients with primary dystonia and the impact of the new classification on their clinical evaluation

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (12), 2018
ABSTRACT Dystonia is a relatively common movement disorder but some of its epidemiological and clinical aspects have not been well characterized in Brazilian patients. Also, a new clinical classification for the disorder has been proposed and its impact on clinical practice is unclear. We aimed to descri...

Comparison of botulinum toxin and propranolol for essential and dystonic vocal tremors

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVES: Vocal tremors, which cause social difficulties for patients, may be classified as resting or action tremors. Of the vocal action tremors, essential and dystonic tremors are the most common. Botulinum toxin and oral medications have been used to treat vocal tremors, but no comparative clinical...

Distonía focal en músicos
FOCAL DYSTONIA IN MUSICIANS

Prensa méd. argent; 103 (5), 2017
The aim of this report was to describe the Focal dystonia in Musicians. Musician´s dystonia is a disorder characterized by abnormal movements, with excessive activation of muscular antagonists or co-contraction of antagonist muscles that are not required for a specific movement. Belongs to the group of ...

Understanding dystonia: diagnostic issues and how to overcome them

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (11), 2016
ABSTRACT The diagnosis and treatment of dystonia are challenging. This is likely due to gaps in the complete understanding of its pathophysiology, lack of animal models for translational studies, absence of a consistent pathological substrate and highly variable phenotypes and genotypes. The aim of this ...