Myoclonus-dystonia syndrome: Clinical presentation, disease course, and genetic features in 11 families

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-34

  Nardocci, Nardo ^a   Zorzi, Giovanna ^a   Barzaghi, Chiara ^a   Zibordi, Federica ^a   Ciano, Claudia ^a   Ghezzi, Daniele ^a   Garavaglia, Barbara ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

sarcoglycan gene; Clinical features; Myoclonus dystonia; Neurophysiology; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MYOCLONUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCLONUS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN SPLICING; SARCOGLYCANS; SYNDROME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 39549102002     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21715     Document Type: Article

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