Objectives: This paper reviews a 12‐year experience in more than 900 patients with
spasmodic dysphonia who have been treated with botulinum toxin. Study Design: This is a …

A consistent neurochemical abnormality in Parkinson's disease (PD) is degeneration of
dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra, leading to a reduction of striatal dopamine (DA) …

Early-onset torsion dystonia is a movement disorder, characterized by twisting muscle
contractures, that begins in childhood. Symptoms are believed to result from altered …

The first and still the only book of its kind, this volume offers a concise introduction to human
genetic linkage analysis and gene mapping. Jurg Ott provides mathematical and statistical …

We reviewed detailed clinical features of 266 patients with idiopathic cervical dystonia,
commonly called spasmodic torticollis. Mean age at onset (41 years), female‐to‐male ratio …

To review the literature on primary dystonia and dystonia plus and to provide evidence‐
based recommendations. Primary dystonia and dystonia plus are chronic and often …

We have examined data on six closely linked microsatellite loci on chromosome 9q34 from
59 Ashkenazi Jewish families with idiopathic torsion dystonia (ITD). Our data show that the …

OBJECTIVE: The response of patients with dystonia to pallidal procedures is not well
understood. In this study, we assessed the postoperative outcome of patients with primary …

Dystonia and Parkinson's disease are closely linked disorders sharing many
pathophysiological overlaps. Dystonia can be seen in 30% or more of the patients suffering …

Disinhibition-dementia-parkinsonism-amyotrophy complex (DDPAC) is defined by familial
adult-onset behavioral disturbance, followed by frontal lobe dementia, parkinsonism, and …