Progressive dystonia with marked diurnal fluctuation
Satishchandra, P.; Mullati, N.; Suresh, T.G.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 40(1): 55-56
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 1634470 Document Number: 390549
Two cases of dopa-responsive dystonia with marked diurnal fluctuations are reported. Of these, one was a 26 year old female who had progressive dystonia of more than 20 years' duration with classical diurnal fluctuations exacerbated by exercise and relieved with sleep; she also had significant worsening during menstruation and the later half of her pregnancy, resulting in a stillbirth. She responded remarkably to low doses of L-dopa.