Primary torsion dystonia due to the TOR1A GAG deletion in an Irish family

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-32

  O'Riordan, S ^a   Cockburn, D ^b   Barton, D ^b   Lynch, T ^c   Hutchinson, M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRELAND; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; TORSION DYSTONIA;

ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; DYSTONIA MUSCULORUM DEFORMANS; GENE DELETION; GENES, GAG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0036380114     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03168938     Document Type: Article

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