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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 61
| Issue : 5 | Page : 457--466 |
Movement disorders: Indian scenario: A clinico-genetic review
Shyamal Kumar Das1, Bhaskar Ghosh2, Gautami Das3, Arindam Biswas4, Jharna Ray4
1 Department of Neurology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Neurology, B R Singh Hospital and Center for Medical Education and Research, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
3 Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
4 Department of Neurology, S. N. Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Shyamal Kumar Das
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.121908
Movement disorder (MD) is an important branch of neurology and has great potentiality in management because of improved diagnosis and therapeutic strategies. Over the last three decades, emphasis has been laid on the evaluation of various MDs in India by a limited number of interested neurologists and basic scientists. In this review, we want to highlight common problems of MDs in India with regard to epidemiology, clinical features and genetics.
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