Decoding Dystonia in Autoimmune Disorders: A Scoping Review

Debayan Dutta, Ravi Yadav · 2024

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Debayan Dutta and Ravi Yadav review in 2024 what is known about dystonia when it stems from immune system disorders. In dystonia, muscles contract on their own and twist the body into odd postures. It can arise from gene faults, infections, drugs, or the immune system turning on the body.

Immune linked cases can appear alone or mixed with other movement problems, and they can start fast. The pattern for spotting and treating them has never been set out in a structured way. The pair gathered 103 papers, most of them case reports, and summed up the shared traits of patients, signs, and tests. Their aim is a clear approach a doctor can follow when immune disease is the suspected cause. A firm map of a rare problem can cut delay in care.

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CREATORDebayan Dutta, Ravi Yadav
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE55 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11623079

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