Sporadic adult onset dystonia: Sensory abnormalities as an endophenotype in unaffected relatives

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 980-983

  Walsh, Richard ^a   O'Dwyer, John P ^a   Sheikh, Ifthikar H ^a   O'Riordan, Sean ^a   Lynch, Tim ^b   Hutchinson, Michael ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TORSION DYSTONIA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SENSATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548186702     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.105585     Document Type: Article

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