Movement disorders in multiple sclerosis: Causal or coincidental association?
Mult Scler
; 14(9): 1284-7, 2008 Nov.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18768580
ABSTRACT
Despite the relatively frequent involvement of the basal ganglia and subthalamic nucleus by multiple sclerosis (MS) plaques, movement disorders (MD), other than tremor secondary to cerebellar or brainstem lesions, are uncommon clinical manifestations of MS. MD were present in 12 of 733 patients with MS (1.6%) three patients had parkinsonism, two blepharospasm, five hemifacial spasm, one hemidystonia, and one tourettism. MD in patients with MS are often secondary to demyelinating disease. Also in cases without response to steroid treatment and demyelinating lesions in critical regions, it is not possible to exclude that MD and MS are causally related.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Brain
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Movement Disorders
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Multiple Sclerosis
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Mult Scler
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article