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Female predominance in spasmodic dysphonia
  1. CHARLES H ADLER,
  2. BRIAN W EDWARDS
  1. Department of Neurology
  2. Department of Otolaryngology
  3. Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
  1. Dr Charles H Adler, Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, 13400 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.
  1. STEPHEN F BANSBERG
  1. Department of Neurology
  2. Department of Otolaryngology
  3. Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
  1. Dr Charles H Adler, Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, 13400 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.63.5.688

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    We were interested to see the sex prevalence results in the recent review of focal dystonia by Soland et al.1 They found that of 956 patients with dystonia, 558 (58.4%) were female, for a ratio of 1.4:1. All but the cases of writer’s cramp had more females than males. In their spasmodic dysphonia group the ratio was 2.6:1 female:male (n=36).

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