Dystonic Disorders

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Acquired and inherited conditions that feature DYSTONIA as a primary manifestation of disease. These disorders are generally divided into generalized dystonias (e.g., dystonia musculorum deformans) and focal dystonias (e.g., writer's cramp). They are also classified by patterns of inheritance and by age of onset.

Descriptor ID	D020821
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.662.300
Concept/Terms	Dystonic Disorders Dystonic Disorders Dystonic Disorder Dystonia Disorders Dystonia Disorder Adult-Onset Idiopathic Focal Dystonias Adult-Onset Idiopathic Focal Dystonias Adult Onset Idiopathic Focal Dystonias Adult-Onset Idiopathic Torsion Dystonias Adult-Onset Idiopathic Torsion Dystonias Adult Onset Idiopathic Torsion Dystonias Autosomal Dominant Familial Dystonia Autosomal Dominant Familial Dystonia Familial Dystonia, Autosomal Dominant Autosomal Recessive Familial Dystonia Autosomal Recessive Familial Dystonia Familial Dystonia, Autosomal Recessive Childhood Onset Dystonias Childhood Onset Dystonias Childhood Onset Dystonia Dystonia, Childhood Onset Dystonias, Childhood Onset Dystonia, Primary Dystonia, Primary Dystonias, Primary Primary Dystonia Primary Dystonias Dystonia, Secondary Dystonia, Secondary Dystonias, Secondary Secondary Dystonias Secondary Dystonia Dystonias, Sporadic Dystonias, Sporadic Dystonia, Sporadic Sporadic Dystonia Sporadic Dystonias Familial Dystonia Familial Dystonia Dystonia, Familial Dystonias, Familial Familial Dystonias Dystonia, Hereditary Dystonias, Hereditary Hereditary Dystonia Hereditary Dystonias Familial Dystonia, Idiopathic Familial Dystonia, Idiopathic Dystonia, Idiopathic Familial Dystonias, Idiopathic Familial Familial Dystonias, Idiopathic Idiopathic Familial Dystonia Idiopathic Familial Dystonias Focal Dystonia Focal Dystonia Dystonia, Focal Dystonias, Focal Focal Dystonias Pseudodystonia Pseudodystonia Pseudodystonias Dystonia, Psychogenic Dystonias, Psychogenic Psychogenic Dystonia Psychogenic Dystonias Writer's Cramp Writer's Cramp Writer Cramp Writers Cramp Adult-Onset Dystonias Adult-Onset Dystonias Adult Onset Dystonias Adult-Onset Dystonia Dystonia, Adult-Onset Dystonias, Adult-Onset

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Dystonic Disorders".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Movement Disorders [C10.228.662]
Dystonic Disorders [C10.228.662.300]

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Year	Major Topic	Total
2007	1	1
2008	1	1
2018	1	1
2020	1	1
2022	1	1

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Lange LM, Fang ZH, Screven L, Tan AH, Alcalay RN, Amouri R, Bovenzi R, Fenn M, Frost JLI, Jankovic J, Jasaityte S, Jaunmuktane Z, Jeon B, Sarmiento IJK, Kr?ger R, Kuhlenb?umer G, Lin CH, Pavelka L, Peri?an MT, Sassi SB, Schirinzi T, Shin JH, Shulman JM, Tay YW, Uitti R, Warner T, Wszolek ZK, Wu L, Wu RM, Zeuner KE, Blauwendraat C, Singleton A, Mencacci NE, Morris HR, Lim SY, Lohmann K, Klein C. Rare but Relevant? Assessing Variants in Dystonia-Linked Genes in Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord. 2026 Jan; 41(1):247-259.

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Rodichkin AN, Brown AM, Devabathini P, McGlothan JL, Chen S, Pattammattel A, Chu YS, Lin T, Pontow DD, Abilmouna K, Kapoor R, Hardin SE, Pushkar Y, Sillitoe RV, Guilarte TR. Cerebellar dysfunction in a mouse model of childhood-onset manganese-induced dystonia parkinsonism. Neurobiol Dis. 2025 11; 216:107115.

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Rodichkin AN, Edler MK, McGlothan JL, Guilarte TR. Pathophysiological studies of aging Slc39a14 knockout mice to assess the progression of manganese-induced dystonia-parkinsonism. Neurotoxicology. 2022 12; 93:92-102.

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Quartarone A, Ghilardi MF. Neuroplasticity in dystonia: Motor symptoms and beyond. Handb Clin Neurol. 2022; 184:207-218.

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Quartarone A, Cacciola A, Milardi D, Ghilardi MF, Calamuneri A, Chillemi G, Anastasi G, Rothwell J. New insights into cortico-basal-cerebellar connectome: clinical and physiological considerations. Brain. 2020 02 01; 143(2):396-406.

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Aneichyk T, Hendriks WT, Yadav R, Shin D, Gao D, Vaine CA, Collins RL, Domingo A, Currall B, Stortchevoi A, Multhaupt-Buell T, Penney EB, Cruz L, Dhakal J, Brand H, Hanscom C, Antolik C, Dy M, Ragavendran A, Underwood J, Cantsilieris S, Munson KM, Eichler EE, Acu?a P, Go C, Jamora RDG, Rosales RL, Church DM, Williams SR, Garcia S, Klein C, M?ller U, Wilhelmsen KC, Timmers HTM, Sapir Y, Wainger BJ, Henderson D, Ito N, Weisenfeld N, Jaffe D, Sharma N, Breakefield XO, Ozelius LJ, Bragg DC, Talkowski ME. Dissecting the Causal Mechanism of X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism by Integrating Genome and Transcriptome Assembly. Cell. 2018 02 22; 172(5):897-909.e21.

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Selikhova M, Fedoryshyn L, Matviyenko Y, Komnatska I, Kyrylchuk M, Krolicki L, Friedman A, Taylor A, J?ger HR, Lees A, Sanotsky Y. Parkinsonism and dystonia caused by the illicit use of ephedrone--a longitudinal study. Mov Disord. 2008 Nov 15; 23(15):2224-31.

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Carbon M, Ghilardi MF, Argyelan M, Dhawan V, Bressman SB, Eidelberg D. Increased cerebellar activation during sequence learning in DYT1 carriers: an equiperformance study. Brain. 2008 Jan; 131(Pt 1):146-54.

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