Possible risk factors for primary adult onset dystonia: a case-control investigation by the Italian Movement Disorders Study Group

Possible risk factors for primary adult onset dystonia: a case-control investigation by the Italian Movement Disorders Study Group

OBJECTIVES Little is known about the aetiology of idiopathic adult onset dystonia. The Italian Movement Disorders Study Group promoted a case-control study on some hypothetical risk factors including past medical events, life events, life habits, occupational hazards, and family hystory of dystonia,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 1998-01, Vol.64 (1), p.25-32
Hauptverfasser: Defazio, Giovanni, Berardelli, Alfredo, Abbruzzese, Giovanni, Lepore, Vito, Coviello, Vincenzo, Acquistapace, Diomira, Capus, Livio, Carella, Francesco, De Berardinis, Maria Teresa, Galardi, Giuseppe, Girlanda, Paolo, Maurri, Silvio, Albanese, Alberto, Bertolasi, Laura, Liguori, Rocco, Rossi, Aroldo, Santoro, Lucio, Tognoni, Gianni, Livrea, Paolo
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
adult onset dystonia
Age
Age Distribution
Aged
Alcohol
Analysis of Variance
Bias
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
cigarette smoking
Coma - complications
Confidence intervals
Consciousness
Disease
Diseases of striated muscles. Neuromuscular diseases
Dystonia - etiology
eye diseases
family history of dystonia
family history of tremor
Family medical history
Female
Humans
Italy
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Multivariate analysis
Neurology
Posture
Risk Factors
Smoking
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
trauma
Tremor - genetics
Variables
Wounds and Injuries - complications
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Zusammenfassung:OBJECTIVES Little is known about the aetiology of idiopathic adult onset dystonia. The Italian Movement Disorders Study Group promoted a case-control study on some hypothetical risk factors including past medical events, life events, life habits, occupational hazards, and family hystory of dystonia, parkinsonism, and tremor. METHODS Cases affected by idiopathic adult onset dystonia (age at symptom onset >20 years, duration of disease >one year and
ISSN:0022-3050
1468-330X
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.64.1.25