A Clinical Study on Writer's Cramp in a Medical College in Kolkata

摘要

Aims : To find out the incidence of writer's cramp (WC) in Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital.Methods : The study was conducted at Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, at the out patient department of Neurology from February 2007 to January 2008. The patients were referred from peripheral hospitals and different departments of this hospital. After detailed clinical examination, hemogram, blood and urine biochemistry, electrophysiology and neuro-imaging were done. Parkinson's disease was excluded from this study. A provisional diagnosis was made after clinical findings and investigation reports.