Myoclonus-dystonia in 18p deletion syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 560-561

  Kowarik, Markus C ^a   Langer, Sabine ^a   Keri, Corinna ^a   Hemmer, Bernhard ^a   Oexle, Konrad ^b   Winkelmann, Juliane ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPERIDEN; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CLONAZEPAM; EPSILON SARCOGLYCAN; LORAZEPAM; TIAPRIDE;

18P DELETION SYNDROME; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEPHAROSPASM; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSARTHRIA; FALLING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAIT DISORDER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KARYOTYPING; LETTER; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; LOW SET EAR; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS DYSTONIA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SHORT STATURE; SPEECH DISORDER; TENDON REFLEX; TOOTH MALFORMATION; URETER REIMPLANTATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 79953275395     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23446     Document Type: Letter

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