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Localization of a gene for myoclonus-dystonia to chromosome 7q21-q31.
Annals of neurology - 1 Nov 1999
Nygaard T G, Raymond D, Chen C, Nishino I, Greene P E, Jennings D, Heiman G A, Klein C, Saunders-Pullman R J, Kramer P, Ozelius L J, Bressman S B
Abstract excerpt
Essential myoclonus-dystonia is a neurological condition characterized by myoclonic and dystonic muscle contractions and the absence of other neurological signs or laboratory abnormalities; it is often responsive to alcohol. The disorder may be familial with apparent autosomal dominant inheritance. We report a large kindred with essential familial myoclonus-dystonia and map a locus for the disorder to a 28-cM...
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