 Torticollis
"Torticollis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A symptom, not a disease, of a twisted neck. In most instances, the head is tipped toward one side and the chin rotated toward the other. The involuntary muscle contractions in the neck region of patients with torticollis can be due to congenital defects, trauma, inflammation, tumors, and neurological or other factors.
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D014103
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.662.300.750 C10.597.350.300.800 C23.888.592.350.300.800
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| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Torticollis" by people in Profiles.
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Wadon ME, Bailey GA, Yilmaz Z, Hubbard E, AlSaeed M, Robinson A, McLauchlan D, Barbano RL, Marsh L, Factor SA, Fox SH, Adler CH, Rodriguez RL, Comella CL, Reich SG, Severt WL, Goetz CG, Perlmutter JS, Jinnah HA, Harding KE, Sandor C, Peall KJ. Non-motor phenotypic subgroups in adult-onset idiopathic, isolated, focal cervical dystonia. Brain Behav. 2021 08; 11(8):e2292.
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Vu JP, Lee HY, Chen Q, Cisneros E, Barbano RL, Goetz CG, Jankovic J, Jinnah HA, Perlmutter JS, Berman BD, Appelbaum MI, Stebbins GT, Comella CL, Peterson DA. Head tremor and pain in cervical dystonia. J Neurol. 2021 May; 268(5):1945-1950.
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Cisneros E, Stebbins GT, Chen Q, Vu JP, Benadof CN, Zhang Z, Barbano RL, Fox SH, Goetz CG, Jankovic J, Jinnah HA, Perlmutter JS, Adler CH, Factor SA, Reich SG, Rodriguez R, Severt LL, Stover NP, Berman BD, Comella CL, Peterson DA. It's tricky: Rating alleviating maneuvers in cervical dystonia. J Neurol Sci. 2020 Dec 15; 419:117205.
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Comella C, Ferreira JJ, Pain E, Azoulai M, Om S. Patient perspectives on the therapeutic profile of botulinum neurotoxin type A in cervical dystonia. J Neurol. 2021 Mar; 268(3):903-912.
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Chen Q, Vu JP, Cisneros E, Benadof CN, Zhang Z, Barbano RL, Goetz CG, Jankovic J, Jinnah HA, Perlmutter JS, Appelbaum MI, Stebbins GT, Comella CL, Peterson DA. Postural Directionality and Head Tremor in Cervical Dystonia. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2020; 10.
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LaHue SC, Albers K, Goldman S, Lo RY, Gu Z, Leimpeter A, Fross R, Comyns K, Marras C, de Kleijn A, Smit R, Katz M, Ozelius LJ, Bressman S, Saunders-Pullman R, Comella C, Klingman J, Nelson LM, Van Den Eeden SK, Tanner CM. Cervical dystonia incidence and diagnostic delay in a multiethnic population. Mov Disord. 2020 03; 35(3):450-456.
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Fraint A, Stebbins GT, Pal G, Comella CL. Reliability, feasibility and satisfaction of telemedicine evaluations for cervical dystonia. J Telemed Telecare. 2020 Oct; 26(9):560-567.
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Benadof CN, Cisneros E, Appelbaum MI, Stebbins GT, Comella CL, Peterson DA. Sensory Tricks Are Associated with Higher Sleep-Related Quality of Life in Cervical Dystonia. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2019; 9.
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Merola A, Dwivedi AK, Shaikh AG, Tareen TK, Da Prat GA, Kauffman MA, Hampf J, Mahajan A, Marsili L, Jankovic J, Comella CL, Berman BD, Perlmutter JS, Jinnah HA, Espay AJ. Head tremor at disease onset: an ataxic phenotype of cervical dystonia. J Neurol. 2019 Aug; 266(8):1844-1851.
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Mahajan A, Jankovic J, Marsh L, Patel A, Jinnah HA, Comella C, Barbano R, Perlmutter J, Patel N. Cervical dystonia and substance abuse. J Neurol. 2018 Apr; 265(4):970-975.
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