 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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.350.300 C23.888.592.350.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Dystonia- Dystonia
- Muscle Dystonia
- Dystonia, Muscle
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dystonia" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Dystonia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dystonia" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Schuberth K, Ramani PK, Beemarajan E, Veerapandiyan A. Child Neurology: KMT2B-Related Dystonia in a Young Child With Worsening Gait Abnormality. Neurology. 2023 08 15; 101(7):328-332.
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Jin JW, Chapa A, Kockara N, Helminiak A. Haloperidol-induced isolated lingual dystonia. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Oct 05; 14(10).
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Jacob S, Ly H, Villenueva RJ, Gupta HV. Acute dystonic reaction in a patient with Parkinson's disease after diphenhydramine withdrawal. Acta Neurol Belg. 2017 03; 117(1):345-346.
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Gupta HV, Ramakrishnaiah RH, Sharp GB, Lee RW, Walters WD. A combination of chorea, myoclonus, and dystonia in a patient with pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 2: a video case presentation. Acta Neurol Belg. 2015 Dec; 115(4):783-5.
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