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Neurological Sciences
Published in: Neurological Sciences 3/2020

01-03-2020 | Dystonia | Letter to the Editor

Status dystonicus induced by deep brain stimulation surgery

Authors: Marta Ruiz-Lopez, Renato P. Munhoz, Suneil K. Kalia, Giovanna Zorzi, Nardo Nardocci, Alfonso Fasano

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 3/2020

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Status dystonicus (SD) is currently defined as “a movement disorder emergency characterized by severe episodes of generalized or focal hyperkinetic movements that have necessitated urgent hospital admission because of the direct life-threatening complication(s) of these movements, regardless of the patient’s neurological condition at baseline” [1, 2]. Even though there are no open guidelines for treatment nor standardized therapeutic approaches, there seems to be an agreement on the fact that SD must be aggressively treated [2]. …
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Mariotti T, Fasano A, Contarino MF et al (2007) Management of status dystonicus: our experience and review of the literature. Mov Disord 22:963–968CrossRef
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Metadata
Title
Status dystonicus induced by deep brain stimulation surgery
Authors
Marta Ruiz-Lopez
Renato P. Munhoz
Suneil K. Kalia
Giovanna Zorzi
Nardo Nardocci
Alfonso Fasano
Publication date
01-03-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Neurological Sciences / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-04083-z

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