Phenotypic overlap among paroxysmal dyskinesia subtypes: Lesson from a family with PRRT2 gene mutation

Brain and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 664-666

  Wang, Kang ^a   Zhao, Xiaoyu ^a   Du, Yue ^a   He, Fangping ^a   Peng, Guoping ^a   Luo, Benyan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Familial occurrence; Paroxysmal dyskinesia; Phenotype; PRRT2; Trigger

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXERCISE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROXYSMAL DYSKINESIA; PHENOTYPE; PRRT2 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOREA; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84879459963     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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