Familial adolescent-onset scoliosis and later segmental dystonia in an Irish family

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 845-848

  O'Riordan, Sean ^a   Lynch, Timothy ^b   Hutchinson, Michael ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Primary torsion dystonia; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 3442894194     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0444-x     Document Type: Article

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