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ReviewMovement disorders clinical practice2025

Pregnancy in Dystonia or Tourette's Patients with DBS. Fourteen News Cases and a Review of the Literature.

Raja Mehanna, Arjun Tarakad, Lisa Yutong Taneff, Erin Furr Stimming

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Review in Movement disorders clinical practice, 2025. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Pregnancy, Delivery, and Neonatal Outcomes in Women with Tourette Syndrome or Chronic Tic Disorder.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Raja MehannaDepartment of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1704-3683
Arjun TarakadParkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Lisa Yutong TaneffParkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Erin Furr StimmingDepartment of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDeep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been demonstrated to improve quality of life in patients with refractory dystonia and Tourette's syndrome (TS). Because of the young age at onset of these disorders, and the marked benefit from DBS, pregnancy in patients who have received DBS is becoming a more frequent clinical occurrence, although clear management guidelines are lacking. CASES: We report 14 new pregnancies in patients with dystonia or TS and DBS. LITERATURE REVIEW: Upon review of the literature, 23 pregnancies in patients with dystonia or TS were previously reported in seven articles.

conclusionBased on the available data from a total of 37 pregnancies, DBS does not seem associated with worse pregnancy outcome. However, careful planning and communication between neurologist, anesthesiologist and obstetrician are key. A registry on pregnancy outcome in patients with DBS should be generated to facilitate the development of guidelines.

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Deep Brain StimulationDystoniaPregnancy ComplicationsTourette SyndromeAdultFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy OutcomeYoung AdultC‐sectiondeep brain stimulationdystoniapregnancyTourette

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PMID39529252
PMCPMC11736892

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