PMID- 26064776
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150611
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 2090-8113 (Print)
IS  - 2042-0048 (Electronic)
IS  - 2042-0048 (Linking)
VI  - 2015
DP  - 2015
TI  - Clinical and Breed Characteristics of Idiopathic Head Tremor Syndrome in 291 
      Dogs: A Retrospective Study.
PG  - 165463
LID - 10.1155/2015/165463 [doi]
LID - 165463
AB  - Objective. To establish signalment and phenomenology of canine idiopathic head 
      tremor syndrome (IHTS), an episodic head movement disorder of undetermined 
      pathogenesis. Design. Retrospective case series. Animals. 291 dogs with IHTS 
      diagnosed between 1999 and 2013. Procedures. Clinical information was obtained 
      from an online community of veterinary information aggregation and exchange 
      (Veterinary Information Network, 777 W Covell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616) and 
      conducted with their approval. Information on breed, sex, age of onset, tremor 
      description, mentation during the event, effect of distractions and drugs, 
      diagnostics, presence of other problems, and outcome was analyzed. Results. IHTS 
      was found in 24 pure breeds. Bulldogs, Labrador Retrievers, Boxers, and Doberman 
      Pinschers comprised 69%; mixed breeds comprised 17%. Average onset age was 29 
      months (range: 3 months to 12 years). First episode occurred before 48 months of 
      age in 88%. Vertical (35%), horizontal (50%), and rotational (15%) movements were 
      documented. Possible trigger events were found in 21%. Mentation was normal in 
      93%. Distractions abated the tremor in 87%. Most dogs did not respond to 
      antiepileptic drugs. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance. This retrospective study 
      documents IHTS in many breeds including Labrador Retrievers, Boxers, and mixed 
      breeds.
FAU - Shell, Linda G
AU  - Shell LG
AD  - Department of Clinical Sciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine 
      (RUSVM), P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
FAU - Berezowski, John
AU  - Berezowski J
AD  - Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine 
      (RUSVM), P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis ; Veterinary Public 
      Health Institute, Swiss Veterinary Faculty, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 
      4, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
FAU - Rishniw, Mark
AU  - Rishniw M
AD  - Department of Clinical Studies, Cornell University, 602 Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 
      14853, USA.
FAU - Nibblett, Belle M
AU  - Nibblett BM
AD  - Department of Clinical Sciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine 
      (RUSVM), P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
FAU - Kelly, Patrick
AU  - Kelly P
AD  - Department of Clinical Sciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine 
      (RUSVM), P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150430
PL  - United States
TA  - Vet Med Int
JT  - Veterinary medicine international
JID - 101524203
PMC - PMC4430662
EDAT- 2015/06/13 06:00
MHDA- 2015/06/13 06:01
PMCR- 2015/04/30
CRDT- 2015/06/12 06:00
PHST- 2015/01/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/04/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/06/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/06/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/06/13 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/04/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2015/165463 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Vet Med Int. 2015;2015:165463. doi: 10.1155/2015/165463. Epub 2015 Apr 30.