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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Movement Disorders > Dystonic Disorders

Preferred term

Dystonic Disorders  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Dystonia Disorder
  • Dystonia Disorders

Note

  • DYSTONIA is also available

Scope note

  • Acquired and inherited conditions that feature DYSTONIA as a primary manifestation of disease. These disorders are generally divided into generalized dystonias (e.g., dystonia musculorum deformans) and focal dystonias (e.g., writer's cramp). They are also classified by patterns of inheritance and by age of onset.

History note

  • 2000

In other languages

  • dystoniat

    Finnish

  • dystoniset sairaudet
  • dystoniset taudit
  • lihasdystonia
  • lihasjänteyshäiriö
  • lihasjänteyshäiriöt
  • pseudodystonia
  • Muskelspänningssjukdomar

    Swedish

  • Autosomal recessiv familjär dystoni
  • Dystoni med debut i barndomen
  • Fokal dystoni
  • Primär dystoni
  • Pseudodystoni
  • Skrivkramp

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020821

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