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Are Autoimmune Mechanisms Implicated in Movement Disorders?
- November 1, 1999
- JA Temlett
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 . . .- Covering:
- Valldeoriola F., J Neurol 1999 Jun; 246:
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- Valldeoriola F., J Neurol 1999 Jun; 246:
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Psychogenic Gait Disorder
- May 22, 2007
- Edison Miyawaki, MD
In a retrospective study of psychogenic movement disorder, gait disturbance was common and often characterized by excessive slowness.- Covering:
- Baik JS and Lang AE., Mov Disord 2007 Feb 15; 22:395-9.
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Movement Disorders After Stroke
- January 14, 2005
- Edison Miyawaki, MD
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 . . .- Covering:
- Alarcon F et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004 Nov; 75:1568-74.
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Clinical and Laboratory Features of West Nile Virus Infection
- September 25, 2003
- Christina M. Marra, MD
In this small sample, outcomes were generally good, but movement disorders were common.- Covering:
- 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
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 . . .- Covering:
- Chatterjee A and Frucht SJ., Mov Disord 2003 Jun; 18:703-6.
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PSP vs. CBD: A Difficult Differential Diagnosis
- February 1, 2000
- KD Sethi
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 . . .- Covering:
- Litvan I et al., J Neurol 1999 Sep; 246:
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- Litvan I et al., J Neurol 1999 Sep; 246:
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Neurologic Involvement in Falciparum Malaria
- August 14, 2007
- Pierre L. A. Bill, MBBCh
Neurologic involvement was more common, and caused more significant sequelae, than has been appreciated.- Covering:
- 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
The association may be of some prognostic use when considering treatment options.- Covering:
- 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
Assessment for deficits in visuospatial function may assist in the diagnosis.- Covering:
- 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
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 . . .- Covering:
- 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
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 . . .- Covering:
- 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
These authors review the available literature on tuberculous meningitis (TM), highlighting gaps in our knowledge of the condition’s pathogenesis, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.- Covering:
- 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
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 . . .- Covering:
- 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
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 . . .- Covering:
- 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
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 . . .- Covering:
- 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
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 . . .- Covering:
- Chaudhuri KR., Practical Neurology 2003 Aug; 3:204-13.
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Evidence-Based Assessment of Treatments for Parkinson's Disease
- July 25, 2002
- Anthony E. Lang, MD
This rigorous, evidence-based review of available treatments for Parkinson's disease should aid specialists and nonspecialists alike.- Covering:
- 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
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 . . .- Covering:
- Stolze H et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001 Mar; 70:
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- 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
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 . . .- Covering:
- Chouinard S and Ford B., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000 Jun; 68:
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- Chouinard S and Ford B., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000 Jun; 68:
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Neuropulmonology: The Brain-Lung Connection
- June 1, 1999
- MA Samuels
Although neurological disorders can result in respiratory dysfunction, detection can be difficult because of the underlying neurological condition. These British authors reviewed research on the . . .- Covering:
- Polkey MI et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999 Jan; 66:
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- Polkey MI et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999 Jan; 66:
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