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Effectiveness of Botulinum Toxin in the Treatment of Movement Disorders Free
- August 12, 2008
- Nutan Sharma, MD, PhD
- Neurology
An evidence-based review details movement disorders for which evidence of effectiveness is sufficient, minimal, or absent.- Reviewing:
- Simpson DM et al., Neurology 2008 May 6; 70:1699.
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Movement Disorders After Stroke
- January 14, 2005
- Edison Miyawaki, MD
- Neurology
Over the course of a decade, how often are you likely to see a patient with a movement disorder after a stroke? If you followed . . .- Reviewing:
- Alarcon F et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004 Nov; 75:1568-74.
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Are Autoimmune Mechanisms Implicated in Movement Disorders?
- November 1, 1999
- JA Temlett
- Neurology
The last decade has seen renewed attention to the relation between the immune system and neurodegenerative illness. This review discusses movement disorders that may be . . .- Reviewing:
- Valldeoriola F., J Neurol 1999 Jun; 246:
423 431 .
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Psychogenic Gait Disorder
- May 22, 2007
- Edison Miyawaki, MD
- Neurology
In a retrospective study of psychogenic movement disorder, gait disturbance was common and often characterized by excessive slowness.- Reviewing:
- Baik JS and Lang AE., Mov Disord 2007 Feb 15; 22:395-9.
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Neurologic Involvement in Falciparum Malaria
- August 14, 2007
- Pierre L. A. Bill, MBBCh
- Neurology
Neurologic involvement was more common, and caused more significant sequelae, than has been appreciated.- Reviewing:
- Idro R et al., JAMA 2007 May 23/30; 297:2232-40. Chen LH et al., JAMA 2007 May 23/30; 297:2251-63. Griffith KS et al., JAMA 2007 May 23/30; 297:2264-77.
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Essential Tremor: Asymmetry Associated with More-Rapid Progression
- February 20, 2007
- Robert R. Young, MD
- Neurology
The association may be of some prognostic use when considering treatment options.- Reviewing:
- Putzke JD et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2006 Nov; 77:1235-7.
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Differentiating Dementia with Lewy Bodies from Alzheimer Disease
- August 1, 2006
- James E. Galvin, MD, MPH
- Neurology
Assessment for deficits in visuospatial function may assist in the diagnosis.- Reviewing:
- Tiraboschi P et al., Brain 2006 Mar; 129:729-35.
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The Value of β-CIT SPECT for Diagnosing PD
- November 3, 2005
- Lewis Sudarsky, MD
- Neurology
No lab test or biomarker is known to support a diagnosis of Parkinson disease (PD). A variety of diagnostic imaging techniques have been developed using . . .- Reviewing:
- Eerola J et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2005 Sep; 76:1211-6.
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Betting on the D3 Receptor: Gambling and Dopaminergic Agonists
- September 22, 2005
- George Plotkin, MD, PhD
- Neurology
Since its introduction in the 1960s to treat Parkinson disease, L-dopa has been associated with many addictive, impulsive, and compulsive behaviors. With the subsequent . . .- Reviewing:
- Dodd ML et al., Arch Neurol 2005 Sep; 62:1377-81.
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Update on Tuberculous Meningitis
- August 3, 2005
- Nadir E. Bharucha, MD, FRCP, FRCP(C), FAMS
- Neurology
These authors review the available literature on tuberculous meningitis (TM), highlighting gaps in our knowledge of the condition’s pathogenesis, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.- Reviewing:
- Thwaites GE and Tinh Hien T., Lancet Neurol 2005 Mar; 4:160-70.
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Features of Cervical Dystonia Following Peripheral Trauma
- May 7, 2004
- Joseph Jankovic, MD
- Neurology
To clarify the clinical characteristics of patients with post-traumatic cervical dystonia (CD), researchers asked 95 patients with CD to identify any events that might have . . .- Reviewing:
- O'Riordan S and Hutchinson M., J Neurol 2004 Feb; 251:150-5.
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Much Room for Improvement in Antipsychotic Drug Therapy for Schizophrenia
- April 9, 2004
- Francine M. Benes, MD, PhD
- Neurology
In this review of schizophrenia, Freedman provides a balanced, accurate depiction of antipsychotic-drug (APD) development. The first effective drug used for schizophrenia, chlorpromazine, was discovered . . .- Reviewing:
- Freedman R., N Engl J Med 2003 Oct 30; 349:1738-49.
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Is Encephalitis Lethargica a Postinfectious Autoimmune Syndrome?
- April 9, 2004
- Bruce A. C. Cree, MD, PhD, and Scott S. Zamvil, MD, PhD
- Neurology
In 1917, von Economo described an epidemic of hypersomnolence with ocular motor disturbance and paralysis called encephalitis lethargica. Many of the acute-illness survivors developed postencephalitic . . .- Reviewing:
- Dale RC et al., Brain 2004 Jan; 127:21-33.
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The "Most Common" Unrecognized Disorder: Restless Legs Syndrome
- October 23, 2003
- Antonio Culebras, MD
- Neurology
Despite an early description by Sir Thomas Willis in 1672, restless legs syndrome (RLS) remains relatively unrecognized, as noted by K. Ray Chaudhuri in this . . .- Reviewing:
- Chaudhuri KR., Practical Neurology 2003 Aug; 3:204-13.
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Clinical and Laboratory Features of West Nile Virus Infection
- September 25, 2003
- Christina M. Marra, MD
- Neurology
In this small sample, outcomes were generally good, but movement disorders were common.- Reviewing:
- Sejvar JJ et al., JAMA 2003 Jul 23/30; 290:511-5.
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Tetrabenazine for Chorea in Children
- August 8, 2003
- Michael S. Okun, MD
- Neurology
A handful of drugs have been examined for use in the treatment of chorea, one of the most common movement disorders in children. Tetrabenazine, a . . .- Reviewing:
- Chatterjee A and Frucht SJ., Mov Disord 2003 Jun; 18:703-6.
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Evidence-Based Assessment of Treatments for Parkinson's Disease
- July 25, 2002
- Anthony E. Lang, MD
- Neurology
This rigorous, evidence-based review of available treatments for Parkinson's disease should aid specialists and nonspecialists alike.- Reviewing:
- Rascol O et al., Lancet 2002 May 4; 359:1589-98.
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New Clues to the Gait Disorders of Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus and PD
- April 25, 2001
- L Sudarsky
- Neurology
To describe features that distinguish the gait disorder of normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) from that of Parkinson's disease (PD) and to assess the effects of several . . .- Reviewing:
- Stolze H et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001 Mar; 70:
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New-Onset Tic Disorders in Adults
- August 23, 2000
- CH Adler
- Neurology
Tics may be the most common movement disorder of childhood and adolescence, but little is known about tics that develop in adulthood. From a database . . .- Reviewing:
- Chouinard S and Ford B., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000 Jun; 68:
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PSP vs. CBD: A Difficult Differential Diagnosis
- February 1, 2000
- KD Sethi
- Neurology
Atypical parkinsonism refers to a number of movement disorders characterized by levodopa-unresponsive or -poorly-responsive bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity, and a variety of other manifestations. In the . . .- Reviewing:
- Litvan I et al., J Neurol 1999 Sep; 246:
1 5 . Dickson DW., J Neurol 1999 Sep; 246:6 15 .
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