Palatal tremor and facial dyskinesia in a patient with POLG1 mutation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1624-1626

  Johansen, Krisztina K ^a   Bindoff, Laurence A ^b,c   Rydland, Jana ^d   Aasly, Jan O ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ATAXIA; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSARTHRIA; EPILEPSY; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA EPILEPSY SYNDROME; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; PERIORAL TREMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY RESISTANCE; UNSTEADINESS;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUTATION; TREMOR;

EID: 53149139324     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22178     Document Type: Letter

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