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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Thiamine and dystonia 16.

Antonio Costantini, Erika Trevi, Maria Immacolata Pala, Roberto Fancellu

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pathogenic Variants in the PRKRA Gene Can Result in a Rapid-Onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism-like Phenotype.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antonio CostantiniDepartment of Neurology, Villa Immacolata, Viterbo, Italy.
Erika TreviDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, Villa Immacolata, Viterbo, Italy.
Maria Immacolata PalaDepartment of Neurology, Villa Immacolata, Viterbo, Italy.
Roberto FancelluUnit of Neurology, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital, Genoa, Italy.
Azienda Sanitaria Locale Viterbo · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary torsion dystonia is a movement disorder characterised by sustained or intermittent involuntary muscle contractions causing abnormal movements, postures or both. In this study, 3 brothers affected by inherited primary dystonia 16 (DYT16) began an oral therapy with high-dose thiamine from November to December 2015. After 3 months, an important improvement of the motor symptoms was observed. Our results support the hypothesis that pathogenesis of the symptoms might be related to a dysfunction in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation due to a focal impairment of thiamine-dependent processes. Our results support some authors' hypothesis that dystonia might have a mitochondrial aetiology.

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AdultDystonic DisordersHumansMaleSiblingsThiamineTreatment OutcomeVitamin B ComplexThiamineVitamin B Complex

Identifiers

PMID27448549
PMCPMC4964157
OpenAlexW2499069507

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