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Clinical features and treatment with botulinum toxin in blepharospasm: a 17-yea...
Aquino,Camila Catherine; Felício,Andre C.; Castro,Pollyanna Celso Felipe de; Oliveira,Ricardo Araujo; Silva,Sonia Maria Cesar Azevedo; Borges,VanderciOBJECTIVE: It was to analyze clinical aspects of patients with blepharospasm, including outcomes of botulinum toxin treatment. Additionally, clinical characteristics of isolated blepharospasm were compared to those of blepharospasm plus other movement disorders. METHODS: Clinical data recorded during 17 years were reviewed. The variables included age, gender, age of onset, past medical history, head trauma, smo...
Clinical and molecular neuroimaging characteristics of Brazilian patients with ...
Barsottini,Orlando G.P.; Felício,Andre C.; Aguiar,Patricia de Carvalho; Godeiro-Junior,Clecio; Shih,Ming C.; Hoexter,Marcelo Q.; Bressan,Rodrigo A.OBJECTIVE: To describe clinical and neuroimaging (SPECT) characteristics of Brazilian patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and mutations in PARK2 or PARK8 genes. METHOD: A total of 119 patients meeting clinical criteria for PD were evaluated. RESULTS: Of all patients studied, 13 had mutations in either PARK2 (n=9) or PARK8 genes (n=4). No statistically significant differences in clinical characteristics in bo...
Internal carotid artery dissection presenting as cluster headache
Godeiro-Junior,Clecio; Kuster,Gustavo W.; Felício,Andre C.; Porto Jr,Pedro P.; Pieri,Alexandre; Coelho,Fernando M.S.
Clinical features of dystonia in atypical parkinsonism
Godeiro-Junior,Clecio; Felício,Andre C.; Barsottini,Orlando G.P.; Aguiar,Patricia M. de Carvalho; Silva,Sonia M.A.; Borges,Vanderci; Ferraz,Henrique B.BACKGROUND: The association between Dystonia and Parkinson's disease (PD) has been well described especially for foot and hand dystonia. There is however few data on dystonic postures in patients with atypical parkinsonism. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the frequency and pattern of dystonia in a group of patients with atypical parkinsonism (multiple system atrophy - MSA, progressive supranuclear palsy - PSP, and corti...