Dopa-responsive dystonia presenting with prominent isolated bilateral resting leg tremor: Evidence for a role of parkin?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1069-1072

  Postuma, Ronald B ^a   Furukawa, Yoshiaki ^b   Rogaeva, Ekaterina ^c   St George Hyslop, Peter H ^c   Farrer, Matt J ^c   Lang, Anthony E ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Centre for Addiction   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dopa responsive dystonia; GTP cyclohydrolase 1; Parkin; Parkinsonism; Resting leg tremor

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CLOMIFENE; CLONAZEPAM; DOPA; GABAPENTIN; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; LEVODOPA; LORAZEPAM; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARKIN; PRIMIDONE; PROFENAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSONISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREMOR;

EID: 0141502259     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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