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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurgery. 2012 Jun;70(2 0 0):10.1227/NEU.0b013e31823f5cd9. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31823f5cd9

TABLE.

Group Characteristics

ITB IVB p-value

Number of Patients Included 33 30

Cerebral palsy as etiology for dystonia 26/33* 21/30**

Age, years, mean (range) 19 (9 mo – 44 yrs) 16 (2 – 35 yrs) 0.34

Underweight, n (%) 10 (53%) 14 (56%) 0.75

Pre-treatment BAD, mean (SD) 14 (8) 16 (8) 0.41

Follow Up, mean 16 mo 15 mo

Other etiologies
*

ITB: traumatic brain injury, pantothenate kinase deficiency

**

IVB: methylmalonic aciduria, anoxic injury, pantothenate kinase deficiency, traumatic brain injury, Duane syndrome