Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2013 Jun 15;28(7):906-13.
doi: 10.1002/mds.25528.

Primary dystonia: moribund or viable

Susan B Bressman  1 , Rachel Saunders-Pullman
Affiliations
Review

Primary dystonia: moribund or viable

Susan B Bressman et al. Mov Disord. .

Abstract

With increasing understanding of dystonia genetic etiologies and pathophysiology there has been renewed scrutiny and reappraisal of dystonia classification schemes and nomenclature. One important category that includes both clinical and etiologic criteria is primary dystonia. This editorialized review discusses the impact of recent findings on primary dystonia criteria and argues that it remains useful in clinical and research practice. © 2013 Movement Disorder Society.

Keywords: DYT1; GNAL; THAP1; classification; dystonia.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Argyelan M, Carbon M, Niethammer M, Ulug AM, Voss HU, Bressman SB, Dhawan V, Eidelberg D. Cerebellothalamocortical connectivity regulates penetrance in dystonia. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2009;29(31):9740–9747. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Augood SJ, Hollingsworth Z, Albers DS, Yang L, Leung JC, Muller B, Klein C, Breakfield XO, Standaert DG. Dopamine transmission in DYT1 dystonia: a biochemical and autoradiographical study. Neurology. 2002;59(3):445–448. - PubMed
    1. Avanzino L, Martino D, Marchese R, Aniello MS, Minafra B, Superbo M, Defazio G, Abbruzzese G. Quality of sleep in primary focal dystonia: a case-control study. European Journal of Neurology. 2010;17(4):576–581. - PubMed
    1. Barahona-Correa B, Bugalho P, Guimaraes J, Xavier M. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in primary focal dystonia: a controlled study. Movement Disorders. 2011;26(12):2274–2278. - PubMed
    1. Bara-Jimenez W, Catalan MJ, Hallett M, Gerloff C. Abnormal somatosensory homunculus in dystonia of the hand. Annals of Neurology. 1998;44(5):828–831. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources