Phenotypic expression of the DYT1 mutation: A family with writer's cramp of juvenile onset

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 126-128

  Gasser, T ^a   Windgassen, K ^b   Bereznai, B ^a   Kabus, C ^c   Ludolph, A C ^d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Jewish Hospital Berlin   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GAG PROTEIN; PROTEIN TORSIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION DYSTONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DYSTONIA MUSCULORUM DEFORMANS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0031878303     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440119     Document Type: Article

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