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. 1980 Sep;43(9):789–797. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.43.9.789

Delayed-onset dystonia in patients with "static" encephalopathy.

R E Burke, S Fahn, A P Gold
PMCID: PMC490669  PMID: 7191439

Abstract

Eight cases of persistent dystonia appearing one to 14 years after non-progressive cerebral insults are described. Five were due to perinatal anoxia, one to trauma, and two to cerebral infarction. This phenomemon of delayed-onset dystonia has not been described previously, although review of earlier literature reveals several probable examples. Delayed-onset dystonia due to perinatal anoxia is an important diagnostic alternative to dystonia musculorum deformans for dystonia occurring in childhood.

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