Unusual phenotypic expression of the DYT1 mutation

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 277-279

  Gatto, Emilia Mabel ^a   Pardal, Manuel María Fernandez ^b   Micheli, Federico Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dystonia; DYT1; Myoclonic dystonia

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; LEVODOPA; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038699000     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(02)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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