Writer's cramp in an Australian pedigree with DYT1 dystonia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 537-539

  Van Den Bos, Mehdi ^a   Marotta, Rosetta ^b   Goldup, Sandra ^a   Chataway, Tim ^a   Firgaira, Frank ^a   Thyagarajan, Dominic ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

DYT1 dystonia; molecular genetics; primary torsion dystonia; writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WRITER CRAMP;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DYSTONIA; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PEDIGREE;

EID: 3042838149     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(03)00226-1     Document Type: Article

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