"Dystonic Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Acquired and inherited conditions that feature DYSTONIA as a primary manifestation of disease. These disorders are generally divided into generalized dystonias (e.g., dystonia musculorum deformans) and focal dystonias (e.g., writer's cramp). They are also classified by patterns of inheritance and by age of onset.
Descriptor ID |
D020821
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MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.662.300
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Concept/Terms |
Childhood Onset Dystonias- Childhood Onset Dystonias
- Childhood Onset Dystonia
- Dystonia, Childhood Onset
- Dystonias, Childhood Onset
Dystonia, Primary- Dystonia, Primary
- Dystonias, Primary
- Primary Dystonia
- Primary Dystonias
Dystonia, Secondary- Dystonia, Secondary
- Dystonias, Secondary
- Secondary Dystonias
- Secondary Dystonia
Familial Dystonia- Familial Dystonia
- Dystonia, Familial
- Dystonias, Familial
- Familial Dystonias
- Dystonia, Hereditary
- Dystonias, Hereditary
- Hereditary Dystonia
- Hereditary Dystonias
Familial Dystonia, Idiopathic- Familial Dystonia, Idiopathic
- Dystonia, Idiopathic Familial
- Dystonias, Idiopathic Familial
- Familial Dystonias, Idiopathic
- Idiopathic Familial Dystonia
- Idiopathic Familial Dystonias
Focal Dystonia- Focal Dystonia
- Dystonia, Focal
- Dystonias, Focal
- Focal Dystonias
Pseudodystonia- Pseudodystonia
- Pseudodystonias
- Dystonia, Psychogenic
- Dystonias, Psychogenic
- Psychogenic Dystonia
- Psychogenic Dystonias
Adult-Onset Dystonias- Adult-Onset Dystonias
- Adult Onset Dystonias
- Adult-Onset Dystonia
- Dystonia, Adult-Onset
- Dystonias, Adult-Onset
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2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dystonic Disorders" by people in Profiles.
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The role of the inferior parietal lobule in writer's cramp. Brain. 2020 06 01; 143(6):1766-1779.
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Normalizing biased spatial attention with parietal rTMS in a patient with focal hand dystonia. Brain Stimul. 2014 Nov-Dec; 7(6):912-4.
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Task-specific singing dystonia: vocal instability that technique cannot fix. J Voice. 2015 Jan; 29(1):71-8.
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Writer's cramp: a potential early feature of Huntington's disease. Mov Disord. 2010 Apr 30; 25(6):785-6.
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Disrupted thalamic prefrontal pathways in patients with idiopathic dystonia. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2009 Jan; 15(1):64-7.
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Structural white matter abnormalities in patients with idiopathic dystonia. Mov Disord. 2007 Jun 15; 22(8):1110-6.