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Descriptor
English
:
Dystonia
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Distonía
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Distonia
Synonyms
English
:
Diurnal Dystonia
Dystonia, Diurnal
Dystonia, Limb
Dystonia, Muscle
Dystonia, Paroxysmal
Limb Dystonia
Muscle Dystonia
Paroxysmal Dystonia
Tree Number:
C10.597.350.300
C23.888.592.350.300
Definition
English
:
An
attitude
or
posture
due to the co-contraction of agonists and antagonist
muscles
in one region of the body. It most often affects the large axial
muscles
of the trunk and limb girdles. Conditions which feature persistent or recurrent episodes of
dystonia
as a primary manifestation of
disease
are referred to as
DYSTONIC DISORDERS
. (Adams et al., Principles of
Neurology
, 6th ed, p77)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with
MUSCLE HYPERTONIA
or
MUSCLE HYPOTONIA
;
DYSTONIC DISORDERS
is available
See Related
English
:
Dystonia Musculorum Deformans
Dystonic Disorders
Torsion Abnormality
History Note
English
:
1982
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
4484
Unique Identifier:
D004421
Occurrence in VHL
:
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