Parkinsonism and Tremor Complicating Long-term Cinitapride Use

Dystonic tremor presenting as parkinsonism: long-term follow-up of SWEDDs.

Benign tremulous parkinsonism.

BACKGROUND Benign tremulous parkinsonism has never been precisely defined nor has the long-term course been studied. OBJECTIVE To report the clinical features and longitudinal course of patients with benign tremulous parkinsonism encountered in our movement disorders practice. DESIGN Computer search of medical records database. SETTING Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. PATIENTS Of 116 patie...

Thalamic deep brain stimulation for tremor-predominant Parkinson's disease.

OBJECTIVES Determine the long-term efficacy of thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treatment of tremor among individuals with tremor-predominant Parkinson's disease (PD).Design. Longitudinal, unblinded assessment of tremor and activities of daily living (ADL) at baseline (pre-surgical), and post-operative intervals of 1, 3, and 12 months, and annually thereafter up to 3 years. METHODS A...

The Evolution of Long-term Care Programs; Comment on “Financing Long-term Care: Lessons From Japan”

The need for long-term care (LTC) represents a “new social risk,” one that overlaps with and complements systems of care that pre-date such programs, complicating LTC program design. This commentary expands on Ikegami’s discussion of how these structural factors must be accommodated, as well as historical and cultural factors that influence public expectations of such a...

Relative high frequency of the c.255delA parkin gene mutation in Spanish patients with autosomal recessive parkinsonism.

BACKGROUND Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with mutations in the parkin gene. OBJECTIVES To search for the presence of parkin gene mutations in Spanish patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and characterise the phenotype associated with these mutations. METHODS Thirty seven PD patients with either early onset or autosomal recessive patte...