A new familial syndrome with dystonia and lower limb action myoclonus

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 896-900

  Groen, Justus ^a   van Rootselaar, Anne Fleur ^a   van der Salm, Sandra M A ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^b   Tijssen, Marina ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Myoclonus dystonia; Orthostatic myoclonus

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LEG; LOWER LIMB MYOCLONUS; MALE; MULTIFOCAL DYSTONIA; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS DYSTONIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; SARCOGLYCANS;

EID: 79955123713     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23557     Document Type: Article

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