Epidemiology of primary dystonias in Japan: Comparison with Western countries

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1196-1198

  Matsumoto, Shinichi ^a,b   Nishimura, Masataka ^a   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^c   Kaji, Ryuji ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TAKEDA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Japan; Primary dystonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TORTICOLLIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0242288089     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10480     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Sheehy MP, Marsden CD. Writer's cramp: a focal dystonia. Brain 1982;105:461-480.
2. Byl NN, Merzenich MM, Jenkins WM. A primate genesis model of focal dystonia and repetitive strain injury: I. Learning-induced dedifferentiation of the representation of the hand in the primary somatosensory cortex in adult monkeys. Neurology 1996;47:508-520.
3. Sempere AP, Duarte J, Coria F, Cabezas C, Claveria LE. Prevalence of idiopathic focal dystonia in the province of Segovia, Spain. J Neurol 1994;241:S124.
4. Nakashima K, Kusumi M, Inoue Y, Takahashi K. Prevalence of focal dystonias in the western area of Tottori prefecture in Japan. Mov Disord 1995;10:440-443.
5. Nutt JG, Muenter MD, Aronson A, Kurland LT, Melton LJ. Epidemiology of focal and generalized dystonia in Rochester, Minnesota. Mov Disord 1988;3:188-194.
6. Duffey POF, Butler AG, Hawthorne MR, Barnes MP. The epidemiology of the primary dystonias in the North of England. In: Fahn S, Marsden CD, De-Lhnge M, editors. Advances in neurology, dystonia 3. Vol. 28. Philadelphia: Lippincott Raven; 1998. p 121-125.
7. The epidemiological study of dystonia in Europe (ESDE) collaborative group. A prevalence study of primary dystonia in eight European countries. J Neurol 2000;247:787-792.
8. Fahn S, Bressman SB, Marsden CD. Classification of dystonia. Adv Neurol 1998;78:1-10.
9. Fahn S, Williams PJ. Psychogenic dystonia. Adv Neurol 1988;50: 431-455.
10. Kaji R, Shibasaki H, Kimura J. Writer's cramp: a disorder of motor subroutine? Ann Neurol 1995;38:837-838.
11. Kompoliti K. Estrogen and movement disorders. Clin Neuropharmacol 1999;22:318-326.