Dystonia Canada News
Virtual Research Study: Validating Assessment Tool for Pain in Adult-onset Idiopathic Dystonia
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Dystonia Research Continues despite Covid-19 Pandemic
By Jan Teller, MA, PhD, Chief Scientific Advisor
Read more...New dystonia studies are published daily. Below are a tiny sample of recent data and discoveries.
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Read more...Is it Tremor or Dystonia? New Research Aims for Better Understanding to Improve Diagnosis, Treatment
H. A. Jinnah, MD, PhD, principal investigator of the Dystonia Coalition, reports here on a recent paper published in Neurology that examines the relationship between tremors and dystonia.
Read more...A new gene is linked to primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a rare disease that affects the airways. Using whole exome sequencing and bioinformatic analysis, researchers from the Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium (GDMCC) identified a variant in the CFAP57 gene that causes PCD, as published in the journal PLOS Genetics.
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