The Genetics of Benign Paroxysmal Torticollis of Infancy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1057-1061

  Shin, Meyeon ^a   Douglass, Laurie M ^a   Milunsky, Jeff M ^b   Paul Rosman, N ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Human Genetic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

benign paroxysmal torticollis of infancy; CACNA1A; genetics; migraine; polymorphisms; PRRT2

Indexed keywords

CACNA1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CACNA1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL TORTICOLLIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC VERTIGO; EXON; FAMILIAL HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TORTICOLLIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MUTATION; NEWBORN;

CALCIUM CHANNELS; COHORT STUDIES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 84974695776     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073816636226     Document Type: Article

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