Dystonia

"Dystonia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An attitude or posture due to the co-contraction of agonists and antagonist muscles in one region of the body. It most often affects the large axial muscles of the trunk and limb girdles. Conditions which feature persistent or recurrent episodes of dystonia as a primary manifestation of disease are referred to as DYSTONIC DISORDERS. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p77)

Descriptor ID	D004421
MeSH Number(s)	C10.597.350.300 C23.888.592.350.300
Concept/Terms	Dystonia Dystonia Muscle Dystonia Dystonia, Muscle Dystonia, Paroxysmal Dystonia, Paroxysmal Paroxysmal Dystonia Dystonia, Diurnal Dystonia, Diurnal Diurnal Dystonia Dystonia, Limb Dystonia, Limb Limb Dystonia

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Dystonia".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Neurologic Manifestations [C10.597]
Dyskinesias [C10.597.350]
Dystonia [C10.597.350.300]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Dyskinesias [C23.888.592.350]
Dystonia [C23.888.592.350.300]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Dystonia".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Dystonia".

Dystonia
Torticollis

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Bar chart showing 11 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2007 and 2013 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2007	2	0	2
2013	1	1	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	2	0	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1

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Wang M, Sajobi T, Morgante F, Adler C, Agarwal P, B?umer T, Berardelli A, Berman BD, Blumin J, Borsche M, Brashear A, Deik A, Duque K, Espay AJ, Ferrazzano G, Feuerstein J, Fox S, Frank S, Hallett M, Jankovic J, LeDoux MS, Leegwater-Kim J, Mahajan A, Malaty IA, Ondo W, Pantelyat A, Pirio-Richardson S, Roze E, Saunders-Pullman R, Suchowersky O, Truong D, Vidailhet M, Shukla AW, Perlmutter JS, Jinnah HA, Martino D. Predictive modeling of spread in adult-onset isolated dystonia: Key properties and effect of tremor inclusion. Eur J Neurol. 2021 12; 28(12):3999-4009.

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Chiu SY, Patel B, Burns MR, Legacy J, Wagle Shukla A, Ramirez-Zamora A, Deeb W, Malaty IA. High-dose Botulinum Toxin Therapy: Safety, Benefit, and Endurance of Efficacy. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2020; 10.

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Patel A, Deeb W, Okun MS. Deep Brain Stimulation Management of Essential Tremor with Dystonic Features. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2018; 8:557.

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Ararat K, Berrios I, Hannoun A, Ionete C. Case of primary Sjogren's syndrome preceded by dystonia. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jun 04; 2018.

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Almeida L, Martinez-Ramirez D, Ahmed B, Deeb W, Jesus S, Skinner J, Terza MJ, Akbar U, Raike RS, Hass CJ, Okun MS. A pilot trial of square biphasic pulse deep brain stimulation for dystonia: The BIP dystonia study. Mov Disord. 2017 04; 32(4):615-618.

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Ramirez-Zamora A, Gee L, Youn Y, Shin DS, Pilitsis JG. Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Levodopa-Responsive Juvenile Dystonia and Parkinsonism Secondary to SPG11 Mutation. JAMA Neurol. 2017 01 01; 74(1):127-128.

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Ramirez-Zamora A, Kaszuba B, Gee L, Prusik J, Molho E, Wilock M, Shin D, Pilitsis JG. Clinical outcome and intraoperative neurophysiology for focal limb dystonic tremor without generalized dystonia treated with deep brain stimulation. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2016 Nov; 150:169-176.

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Liu YB, Tewari A, Salameh J, Arystarkhova E, Hampton TG, Brashear A, Ozelius LJ, Khodakhah K, Sweadner KJ. A dystonia-like movement disorder with brain and spinal neuronal defects is caused by mutation of the mouse laminin ?1 subunit, Lamb1. Elife. 2015 Dec 24; 4.

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Petrossian MT, Paul LR, Multhaupt-Buell TJ, Eckhardt C, Hayes MT, Duhaime AC, Eskandar EN, Sharma N. Pallidal deep brain stimulation for dystonia: a case series. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Dec; 12(6):582-7.

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Jokhi V, Ashley J, Nunnari J, Noma A, Ito N, Wakabayashi-Ito N, Moore MJ, Budnik V. Torsin mediates primary envelopment of large ribonucleoprotein granules at the nuclear envelope. Cell Rep. 2013 Apr 25; 3(4):988-95.

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