The syndrome of fixed dystonia: An evaluation of 103 patients

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2360-2372

  Schrag, Anette ^a,b   Trimble, Michael ^b   Quinn, Niall ^b   Bhatia, Kailash ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Fixed dystonia; Psychogenic; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NECK; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; INJURY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4944235067     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh262     Document Type: Article

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