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