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Fortis Hospital Mulund Launches the First Movement Disorder & DBS Clin
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 30: Fortis Hospital Mulund announced the launch of the 'Movement Disorder & DBS Clinic', a pioneering facility dedicated to the treatment of various movement disorders, including Dystonia, Tremors, Hemifacial Spasm, and Ataxia. The unit was inaugurated
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Researchers discover possible cause for genetic anomalies
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered a possible cause for the genetic anomalies that cause rare disorders such as Huntington's disease (HD). The majority of spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) and other neurological illnesses are thought to be caused by an increase in CAG (cytosine-adenine-guanine) repea
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Study reveals connection between brain protein, movement disorder in child
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Reseachers revealed about the process of inherited movement and neurodegenerative disorder known as ARSACS - Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay.
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Researchers find exercise might be a developing treatment for movement dis
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], September 17 (ANI): Spinal cerebellar ataxia 6 (SCA6) is a hereditary neurological disease that impairs motor coordination. Because SCA6 affects only about one in 100,000 people, medical researchers have paid it little attention. There is currently no known cure and just
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Researchers find rare genetic disease caused by mutations in protein that
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pittsburgh [US], May 7 (ANI): An international group of collaborators led by researchers at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have identified a genetic cause of a rare neurological disorder marked by developmental delay and loss of coordination, or ataxia. The research was published in
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Movement for ataxia patients can be restored by deep brain stimulation and
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 27 (ANI): The findings of recent research from Baylor College of Medicine suggests that a combination of exercise and deep brain stimulation (DBS) can have benefits for treating a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease called ataxia, which is characterized by progre
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New study could offer protection to patients with rare genetic disease
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 24 (ANI): A new University of Bath study now finds that skin cells taken from patients with a rare genetic disorder are ten times more sensitive to damage from ultraviolet A (AVA) radiation in laboratory tests, than those from a healthy population.
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