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Propofol-induced paroxysmal dystonia
16 December 2011
Propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) is a short acting intravenous anesthetic agent used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia. Rapid recovery and lack of postoperative nausea have made it p...
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Carlos Cosentino,
Luis Torres
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115-116
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Relationships between motor aspects of gait impairments and activity limitations in people with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review
17 November 2011
Abstract: Gait disorders are common in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) yet their associations with activity limitations remain poorly understood. The objective of this review is to investigate th...
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Dawn Tan,
Mary Danoudis,
Jennifer McGinley,
Meg E. Morris
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117-124
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Hemiballismus: Current concepts and review
19 September 2011
Abstract: Hemiballism is a rare movement disorder characterized by a high amplitude movement of an entire limb or limbs on one side of the body. The acute development of hemiballismus is often caused ...
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Jason S. Hawley,
William J. Weiner
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125-129
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Loss of ability to work and ability to live independently in Parkinson’s disease
05 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: Ability to work and live independently is of particular concern for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). We studied a series of PD patients able to work or live independently a...
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Barbara Jasinska-Myga,
Michael G. Heckman,
Christian Wider,
John D. Putzke,
Zbigniew K. Wszolek,
Ryan J. Uitti
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130-135
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Voxel-based magnetic resonance imaging study of structural brain changes in patients with idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder
19 September 2011
Abstract: Purpose: Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is considered to result from dysfunction of the brain stem structures that regulate REM sleep. In this study, we investigated ...
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Haruo Hanyu,
Yuichi Inoue,
Hirofumi Sakurai,
Hidekazu Kanetaka,
Masaki Nakamura,
Tomoyuki Miyamoto,
Taeko Sasai,
Toshihiko Iwamoto
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136-139
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genetic polymorphism greatly increases risk of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) for Parkinson's disease
19 September 2011
Abstract: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder. Although the p.G2385R allele of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) has been recently reported as a common genetic variant ...
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Jia Liu,
Yongtao Zhou,
Chaodong Wang,
Tao Wang,
Zheng Zheng,
Piu Chan
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140-143
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Appreciation of humor is decreased among patients with Parkinson’s disease
17 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: To test whether appreciation of humor might be a non-motor function affected by Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: Thirty-nine PD patients and 38 healthy controls participated in ...
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Avner Thaler,
Jennie Posen,
Nir Giladi,
Yael Manor,
Connie Mayanz,
Anat Mirelman,
Tanya Gurevich
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144-148
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Freezer or non-freezer: Clinical assessment of freezing of gait
04 October 2011
Abstract: Introduction: Freezing of gait (FOG) is both common and debilitating in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Future pathophysiology studies will depend critically upon adequate classifica...
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Anke H. Snijders,
Charlotte A. Haaxma,
Yolien J. Hagen,
Marten Munneke,
Bastiaan R. Bloem
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149-154
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Impulse control disorders and depression in Finnish patients with Parkinson's disease
10 October 2011
Abstract: Introduction: Impulse control disorders occur frequently in patients with Parkinson's disease. However, the frequencies have been investigated mainly in patients from secondary or tertiary c...
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Juho Joutsa,
Kirsti Martikainen,
Tero Vahlberg,
Valerie Voon,
Valtteri Kaasinen
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155-160
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Cognitive impairment is common in Parkinson’s disease without dementia in the early and middle stages in a Han Chinese cohort
05 October 2011
Abstract: Background: Cognitive impairments have been reported to be common in Parkinson’s disease (PD) without dementia, which occur not only in the late stages of PD, but also in the early and middl...
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Qi Wu,
Ling Chen,
Yifan Zheng,
Caixia Zhang,
Linhuan Huang,
Wenyuan Guo,
Yingying Fang,
Hongyan Zhou,
Yanmei Liu,
Jie Chen,
Hao Qian,
Wenbiao Xian,
Jinsheng Zeng,
Jinru Li,
Zhuolin Liu,
Zhong Pei
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161-165
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Clinical and genetic characteristics in patients with Huntington’s Disease from Argentina
03 October 2011
Abstract: Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease, caused by the expansion of an unstable (CAG)n in the HTT gene. There is scarce data about the disease in Argentina. Objective: To de...
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Emilia Gatto,
Virginia Parisi,
Gabriel Persi,
Daniela Paola Converso,
José Luis Etcheverry,
Viviana Varela,
Liliana Alba,
Gustavo Fretchel
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166-169
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The Senior Fitness Test as a functional measure in Parkinson’s disease: A pilot study
04 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: This pilot study aimed to determine if the Senior Fitness Test (SFT) battery can be applied to subjects with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and whether its results can be reliable indic...
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J.M. Cancela,
C. Ayán,
A. Gutiérrez-Santiago,
I. Prieto,
S. Varela
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170-173
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What determines resilience in patients with Parkinson's disease?
05 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the relationship of resilience to disease severity, disability, quality of life (QoL) and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD). A secondary objective was ...
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B.J. Robottom,
A.L. Gruber-Baldini,
K.E. Anderson,
S.G. Reich,
P.S. Fishman,
W.J. Weiner,
L.M. Shulman
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174-177
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Istradefylline for Parkinson's disease patients experiencing motor fluctuations: Results of the KW-6002-US-018 study
14 October 2011
Abstract: Background: Istradefylline (KW-6002) is a selective adenosine A2A receptor antagonist investigated as adjunctive therapy to levodopa in PD patients with motor response complications. In Phas...
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Emmanuelle Pourcher,
Hubert H. Fernandez,
Mark Stacy,
Akihisa Mori,
Rocco Ballerini,
Philip Chaikin
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178-184
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Glucocerebrosidase gene variants in parkinsonian patients with Machado Joseph/spinocerebellar ataxia 3
17 October 2011
Abstract: Machado-Joseph disease/spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (MJD/SCA3) may rarely presents a parkinsonian phenotype. Considering that mutations in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene have been associ...
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M. Siebert,
K.C. Donis,
M. Socal,
C.R.M. Rieder,
V.E. Emmel,
F. Vairo,
K. Michelin-Tirelli,
M. França,
A.C. D’Abreu,
C. Bettencourt,
M. Lima,
I. Lopes Cendes,
M.L. Saraiva-Pereira,
L.B. Jardim
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185-190
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A homozygous frameshift mutation of sepiapterin reductase gene causing parkinsonism with onset in childhood
24 October 2011
Abstract: We report two siblings that presented hypotonia and very early-onset parkinsonism. Homozygosity mapping using SNP genome scan data identified a candidate locus that was 12.2 Mega base pairs....
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Ebba Lohmann,
Çiğdem Köroğlu,
Hasmet A. Hanagasi,
Burcu Dursun,
Erşan Taşan,
Aslıhan Tolun
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191-193
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Complaints about impairments in executive functions in Parkinson's disease: The association with neuropsychological assessment
17 October 2011
Abstract: Impairments in executive functions are frequently reported in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, little is known about patients' experience regarding these impairments. This knowledge is cru...
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Janneke Koerts,
Marije van Beilen,
Klaus L. Leenders,
Wiebo H. Brouwer,
Lara Tucha,
Oliver Tucha
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194-197
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Apathy and impulse control disorders in Parkinson’s disease: A direct comparison
31 October 2011
Abstract: Background: Apathy and impulse control disorders (ICDs) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) are clinically important complications and may exist on a common behavioral spectrum of disorders of rewar...
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Iracema Leroi,
Michelle Andrews,
Kathryn McDonald,
Vijay Harbishettar,
Rebecca Elliott,
E. Jane Byrne,
Alistair Burns
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198-203
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Parakinesia brachialis oscitans: Report of three cases
24 October 2011
Abstract: The term ‘parakinesia brachialis oscitans’ (PBO) was coined recently to describe cases of hemiplegia in which spontaneous yawning causes involuntary raising of the affected upper limb. The a...
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Plínio M.G. de Lima,
Renato P. Munhoz,
Nilson Becker,
Hélio A.G. Teive
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204-206
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Transdermal rotigotine causes impulse control disorders in patients with restless legs syndrome
28 October 2011
Abstract: Introduction: Dopaminergic drugs are the mainstay of treatment for restless legs syndrome (RLS). We analyzed the frequency and clinical characteristics of impulse control disorders (ICD) in ...
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S.R. Schreglmann,
A.R. Gantenbein,
G. Eisele,
C.R. Baumann
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207-209
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Diffuse cortical hypometabolism on 18F-FDG-PET scan in a case of an adult variant cerebello–brainstem dominant form of ALD manifesting dementia
12 September 2011
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is an X-linked recessive disorder, which causes diffuse demyelination and adrenocortical insufficiency in the central nervous system. Its diagnosis is made by demonstrating ...
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Jung Eun Kim,
Kyong Gyu Choi,
Jee Hyang Jeong,
Hee Jin Kang,
Hyun Sook Kim
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210-212
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Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain improved motor function in a patient with Parkinson’s disease
24 August 2011
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a validated therapy for various chronic pain syndromes that was recently shown to improve locomotor behaviour in rodent model of Parkinson’s disease (PD) . We report ...
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Gilles Fénelon,
Colette Goujon,
Jean-Marc Gurruchaga,
Pierre Cesaro,
Bechir Jarraya,
Stéphane Palfi,
Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur
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213-214
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