Clinical and genetic features of myoclonus-dystonia in 3 cases: A video presentation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-234

  Kock, Norman ^a,b   Kasten, Meike ^a   Schüle, Birgitt ^a   Hedrich, Katja ^a   Wiegers, Karin ^a   Kabakci, Kemal ^a   Hagenah, Johann ^a   Pramstaller, Peter P ^c   Nitschke, Matthias F ^a   München, Alexander ^d   Sperner, Jürgen ^e   Klein, Christine ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic heterogeneity; Myoclonus dystonia; SGGE gene

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; SARCOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INTRON; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; EXONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SARCOGLYCANS; TORTICOLLIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 12144288508     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10635     Document Type: Article

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