Dopa-responsive dystonia (Segawa disease)-like disease accompanied by mental retardation: A case report [1]

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1202-1203

  Nagata, Eiichiro ^a   Kosakai, Arifumi ^b   Tanaka, Kortaro ^c   Segawa, Masaya ^d   Fujioka, Hiroki ^e   Shintaku, Haruo ^e   Suzuki, Norihiro ^b  

^a Saitama City Hospital   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d Segawa Neurol Clinic for Children   (Japan)

^e OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOPA RESPONSIVE DYSTONIA; DYSTONIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGAWA DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BRAIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEOPTERIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 34447550361     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21517     Document Type: Letter

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