Adult-onset leg dystonia due to a missense mutation in THAP1

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1306-1307

  Van Gerpen, Jay A ^a   LeDoux, Mark S ^b   Wszolek, Zbigniew K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR THAP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; THAP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ADULT ONSET DYSTONIA; CASE REPORT; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; ONSET AGE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; DYSTONIC DISORDER; GENETICS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 77955074894     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23086     Document Type: Letter

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