Novel Italian family supports clinical and genetic heterogeneity of primary adult-onset torsion dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 392-397

  Brancati, Francesco ^a,b   Defazio, Giovanni ^c   Caputo, Viviana ^a,b   Valente, Enza Maria ^a,d   Pizzuti, Antonio ^a,b   Livrea, Paolo ^c   Berardelli, Alfredo ^e   Dallapiccola, Bruno ^a,b  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Focal dystonia; Genetic heterogeneity; Linkage analysis; Primary torsion dystonia

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; TORSIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NECK; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION DYSTONIA;

EID: 0036523847     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10077     Document Type: Article

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