Myoclonic head jerks and extensor axial dystonia in the variant form of ataxia telangiectasia

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1173-1174

  Cummins, Gemma ^a   Jawad, Tania ^b   Taylor, Malcolm ^c   Lynch, Timothy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ataxia telangiectasia; Dystonia; Myoclonic head jerks

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ATM PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COORDINATION DISORDER; DYSDIADOKOKINESIS; DYSMETRIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SLURRED SPEECH; SPASTIC GAIT;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; DYSTONIA; MYOCLONIC HEAD JERKS;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA MUTATED PROTEINS; DYSTONIA; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 84889101448     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.08.013     Document Type: Letter

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