Recent Clinical variation of Segawa Disease in Japan
Objective: To analyze clinical phenotype of recent variation of Segawa disease（GCHⅠ deficiency, DYT5a）in Japan. Background: Segawa Disease（SD）is major dystonia in children found by Prof.Masaya Segawa…Case of percussionist dystonia in playing the janggu, a traditional Korean percussive instrument
Objective: To describe a case of task-specific dystonia. Background: Musician’s dystonia(MD) is a type of task-specific dystonia that occurs during playing musical instruments. MD may…Idiopathic cervical dystonia – does autoimmunity play a hand?
Objective: To evaluate efficacy of immunosuppression using glucocorticoids in 2 patients of recently diagnosed cervical dystonia(CD). Background: Most cases of CD are idiopathic. Most effective…Implementation of an online, interactive curriculum in movement disorders at nine neurology residency programs
Objective: Determine knowledge growth and resident satisfaction with an online curriculum in movement disorders across multiple programs. Background: Exposure to movement disorders in residency is…Study on the clinical features of Parkinson’s disease with probable rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
Objective: To investigate the clinical features and associated factors of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with probable rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (PD-pRBD) Background: RBD…Writer’s cramp: A focal dystonia exacerbated by psychological symptoms
Objective: Here we retrospectively analysed nineteen patients followed up in our centre, the Neurology Unit of the Penang General Hospital, for writer’s cramp from the…The role of polymorphic allelic variants of the VEGFα and TGFβ gene in the development of cerebrovascular disorders in patients with metabolic syndrome
Objective: The aim of the study was to understand the link between the VEGFα and TGFβ genes in the development of stroke in patients with…Healthcare resource utilisation and costs among patients with versus without Huntington’s disease in the US population
Objective: Compare the marginal healthcare resource utilisation (HRU) and costs between US patients with Huntington’s disease (HD) and non-HD controls. Background: HD is a genetic,…A longitudinal PET study to assess the state of microglia activation in a Phase 2 study of Laquinimod as a treatment for Huntington’s disease (LEGATO-HD)
Objective: To assess in vivo in Huntington’s disease (HD) changes in microglia activation state, due to treatment with laquinimod, as reflected by changes in 11C-PBR28…White matter abnormalities and its relation to cognitive impairment in isolated Rapid Eye Movement sleep behavior disorder
Objective: To study white matter (WM) abnormalities and global cortical atrophy in isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (IRBD) patients and its relation to cognitive…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.