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Issue Overview
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Key Points for Issue
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List of Abbreviations
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Learning Objectives and Core Competencies
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Postreading Self-Assessment and CME Test—Preferred Responses
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Postreading Self-Assessment and CME Test
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Self-assessment and cme
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Palliative Care and Movement Disorders
This article reviews the role of palliative care in the treatment of patients with life-limiting neurodegenerative movement disorders. RECENT FINDINGS Growing evidence indicates that palliative care significantly improves quality of life and symptom burden for people with Parkinson disease and other serious movement disorders, while reducing caregiver burnout. An emphasis on advance care planning guides goal-directed treatment recommendations. Serious illness communication skills are evidence-based methods of relaying bad medical news to patients and mapping out values and goals in a way that provides comfort, empha...
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Diagnosing Common Movement Disorders in Children
This article is designed to help the clinician identify the most common pediatric movement disorders and recognize benign versus pathologic movements in infancy and childhood, with a particular focus on treatable conditions and those that should not be missed. RECENT FINDINGS As telehealth has become more prevalent as a means of providing health care services, the challenges of obtaining relevant examination findings during telehealth encounters for assessment of children with movement disorders have become evident. SUMMARY Although many children who present with a chief complaint of “abnormal movements” ...
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The Dystonias
This article discusses the most recent findings regarding the diagnosis, classification, and management of genetic and idiopathic dystonia. RECENT FINDINGS A new approach to classifying dystonia has been created with the aim to increase the recognition and diagnosis of dystonia. Molecular biology and genetic studies have identified several genes and biological pathways involved in dystonia. SUMMARY Dystonia is a common movement disorder involving abnormal, often twisting, postures and is a challenging condition to diagnose. The pathophysiology of dystonia involves abnormalities in brain motor networks in the ...
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Neurodegenerative Cerebellar Ataxia
This article highlights the diagnostic process, including the differential diagnosis, as well as treatment approaches and symptomatic management. The pillars of treatment are physical, occupational, and speech therapy as well as counseling and discussions of disease prognosis, genetics, and reproductive choices. There are many ways to help patients with neurodegenerative cerebellar ataxia and improve their quality of life. RECENT FINDINGS Recent years have seen significant improvements in genetic testing, with reductions in cost of both Sanger sequencing and whole exome sequencing and increasing availability of the ...
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Chorea
This article provides an overview of the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to a patient with chorea. The phenomenology of chorea is described in addition to other common hyperkinetic movements that may be mistaken for or coexist with chorea. Chorea can be acquired or hereditary. Key historical and clinical features that can aid in determining the etiology are reviewed, and pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment strategies are discussed. RECENT FINDINGS Clinical investigations are under way to target transcription and translation of the mutant huntingtin protein as a potential disease-modifying strategy in Hu...
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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Syndrome
PURPOSE OF REVIEW The differential diagnosis of parkinsonism (tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and gait difficulty/postural instability) is broad and includes two neurodegenerative conditions that exist on a clinicopathologic spectrum: progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal syndrome (CBS). Early in their clinical course, PSP and CBS may be difficult to distinguish from Parkinson disease and several other illnesses, but it is crucial to do so because of implications for management and prognosis. RECENT FINDINGS Early accurate diagnosis of PSP and CBS remains a challenge because of heterogeneity in p...
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Multiple System Atrophy
This article describes recent findings, such as the use of skin biopsies, neuroimaging, and novel treatment concepts (eg, central noradrenergic augmentation). SUMMARY MSA is a complex disease. This article provides a summary of treatment options for diverse symptoms that include autonomic, sleep, mood, and motor manifestations of the disease to help clinicians care for patients with MSA. Providing comprehensive care for patients with MSA requires an understanding of the diverse symptomatology that patients develop over time and should include an interdisciplinary team. (Source: CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology)
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Essential Tremor
This article reviews the history and physical examination features pertinent for diagnosis, differential diagnoses, and treatments and approaches for optimal control of symptoms. RECENT FINDINGS Essential tremor is a syndrome with symptoms extending beyond tremor to involve disturbances in gait, speech, cognition, and mood. Although the new guidelines on the definition and biaxial classification scheme have provided clarity, some tremor experts have critiqued the recently coined term essential tremor plus. For treatment, new orthotic devices and peripheral stimulation devices are now available in addition to pharmac...
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