An unusual neurological syndrome of crawling gait, dystonia, pyramidal signs, and limited speech

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2279-2283

  Arif, Beenish ^a   Grünewald, Anne ^b   Fatima, Amara ^a   Ramirez, Alfredo ^b   Ali, Arif ^c   Brüggemann, Nobert ^b   Würfel, Jens ^b   Rolfs, Arndt ^d   Lohmann, Katja ^b   Malik, Akbar ^e   Klein, Christine ^b   Naz, Sadaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c SERVICES HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Crawling gait; Dystonia; Genetics; Microcephaly; Movement disorders; Quadrupedal gait

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 7; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CRAWLING GAIT; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPEECH DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; CONSANGUINITY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 80055094363     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23860     Document Type: Article

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