Genetic contribution to idiopathic adult-onset blepharospasm and cranial-cervical dystonia

European Neurology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 345-350

  Defazio, G ^a   Livrea, P ^a   Guanti, G ^a   Lepore, V ^a   Ferrari, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blepharospasm; Dystonia; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BLEPHAROSPASM; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0027482096     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116969     Document Type: Article

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