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Gestes antagonistes in psychogenic dystonia
Author(s) -
Munhoz Renato P.,
Lang Anthony E.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.10628
Subject(s) - dystonia , psychogenic disease , medicine , neurological disorder , psychology , anesthesia , physical medicine and rehabilitation , neuroscience , central nervous system disease , psychiatry
We report on a patient with psychogenic craniocervical dystonia who had complete amelioration of her dystonia using typical gestes antagonistes . This exceptional case underlines the lack of specificity of these maneuvers for organic dystonia when confronted with more obvious clinical clues. © 2003 Movement Disorder Society
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