Levodopa-responsive infantile Parkinsonism due to a novel mutation in the tyrosine hydroxylase gene and exacerbation by viral infections

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 764-767

  Diepold, Katharina ^a   Schütz, Barbara ^b   Rostasy, Kevin ^a   Wilken, Bernd ^c   Hougaard, Pia ^d   Güttler, Flemming ^d   Romstad, Anne ^d   Møller, Lisbeth Birk ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

^d JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive dystonia; Infantile dystonia; Levodopa; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CARBIDOPA; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; LEVODOPA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; HISTIDINE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSTONIA; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EYELID REFLEX; FACE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSONISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTATION; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTIDINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; LEVODOPA; MICE; MUTATION; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; RATS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYROSINE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 22844448859     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20416     Document Type: Article

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