Internationally Acclaimed Pianist Gives Thanks to the National Institutes of Health for Innovative Treatment That Enabled
His ComebackFriday, Nov 12, 2004
Maestro Leon Fleisher, one of the world's most renowned classical pianists and three-time Grammy-nominee, will perform selections
from his critically acclaimed new CD "Two Hands" at a pre-Thanksgiving event at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). More
than 40 years ago, at the height of his career, Mr. Fleisher lost the use of his right hand to dystonia, the third most common
neurological movement disorder after Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. He could no longer play the piano with both
hands and the frequently misdiagnosed disorder severely impeded his performance of everyday tasks. About 10 years ago, physicians
at the NIH were able to diagnose the problem as a focal dystonia and start him on a therapy which helped to reverse the condition.
Gene Locus Found for Essential Tremor DisorderFriday, Nov 7, 1997
Researchers from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke have located a gene locus responsible for the
most common human movement disorder, essential tremor (ET). In an article in the November 1997 issue of Movement Disorders,
Joseph J. Higgins, M.D., Lana T. Pho, and Linda E. Nee, M.S.W., report how they traced the gene to the short arm of chromosome
2.
Gene Locus Found for Essential Tremor DisorderFriday, Nov 7, 1997
Researchers from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke have located a gene locus responsible for the
most common human movement disorder, essential tremor (ET). In an article in the November 1997 issue of Movement Disorders,
Joseph J. Higgins, M.D., Lana T. Pho, and Linda E. Nee, M.S.W., report how they traced the gene to the short arm of chromosome
2.