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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 11.
Published in final edited form as: Mov Disord. 2010 Apr 30;25(6):696–703. doi: 10.1002/mds.22814

TABLE 1.

Demographic data of patients with dystonia

No. Age Sex Onset
*
Clinical features Drugs ever used
WC-1 54 M 47 Flexion of the fingers and wrist, ulnar deviation of the wrist,
pain, tremulous writinga
Oxa, Tri, Clo, Bac, Cbz,
BTX
WC-2 29 F 21 Flexion of the fingers and wrist, shoulder elevation, tremulous
writinga, pain
Tri., Clo, Cbz, BTX; Pro
WC-3 39 F 35 Flexion of the thumb, index and middle fingers, shoulder
elevation, tremulous writinga
Tri, Clo, BTX, Bez
WC-4 57 F 44 Tightly holding the pen; flexion of the fingers and wrist;
pronation of the wrist, pain
Cbz, Clo
WC-5 50 M 43 Difficulty in initiation of writing, flexion of the thumb, index
fingers, nibs darting, pain
Tri, Cbz, Clo, BTX
WC-6 51 M 46 Difficulty in holding the pen w, flexion of the wrist; adduction
of the elbow
Tri, Clo, Cbz, Bez
WC-7 45 M 27 Involuntary clenching and open the fist, extension and
abduction of the elbow
Tri, Clo, Bez
WC-8 47 M 41 Extension with radial deviation of the wrist, supination of the
elbow, tremulous writinga
Tri, Clo, Pri, BTX
WC-9 32 F 16 Flexion of thumb and index fingers, radial extension of the
wrist and elbow
Tri, Clo, BTX
MDYT
1
27 M 9 Left foot focal dystonia Tri
MDYT
1
46 M 11 Generalised dystonia Tri, Clo, Bez, Bac
MDYT
1
36 M 28 Segmental dystonia involving neck and trunk Tri, Clo, Cbz, BTX

Oxa, oxcarbazepine; Tri, trihexyphenidyl; Clo, clonazepam; Top, topiramate; Cbz, carbamazepine; Pro, propranolol; Bez, benzodiazepam; Bac, baclofen; Pri, primidone; BTX, botulinum toxin A injection. There is no use of botulinum toxin in the past 4 months.

*

The age at onset of years.

a

Denote the abnormal posture when writing showed jerky and tremulous dystonic movement.