Diseases

Dystonia

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)

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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)

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8 entry terms
  • Muscle Dystonia
  • Dystonia, Muscle
  • Dystonia, Diurnal
  • Dystonia, Limb
  • Dystonia, Paroxysmal
  • Diurnal Dystonia
  • Limb Dystonia
  • Paroxysmal Dystonia

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not confuse with MUSCLE HYPERTONIA or MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; DYSTONIC DISORDERS is available

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History Note

1982

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Previous Indexing

  • Movement Disorders (1966-1978)
  • Muscle Tonus (1970-1978)

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  1. C10w.597.350w.300w
  2. C23.888w.592.350w.300w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dystonia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004421. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004421
  2. Dystonia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystonia
  3. Dystonia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q906492