Task-specific dystonias: A review

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1142, Issue , 2008, Pages 179-199

  Torres Russotto, Diego ^a   Perlmutter, Joel S ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Dystonia, task specific dystonia; Embouchure dystonia; Focal hand dystonia; Functional neuroimaging; Golfer's yips; Laryngeal dystonia; Musician's cramp; Pathophysiology; Primary focal dystonia; Review; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; PLACEBO; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

BASAL GANGLION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PALLIDOTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKILL; THALAMOTOMY; WRITER CRAMP;

EID: 54949129332     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1444.012     Document Type: Review

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