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The DYT1 phenotype and guidelines for diagnostic testing.
Neurology - 9 May 2000
Bressman S B, Sabatti C, Raymond D, de Leon D, Klein C, Kramer P L, Brin M F, Fahn S, Breakefield X, Ozelius L J, Risch N J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To develop diagnostic testing guidelines for the DYT1 GAG deletion in the Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) and non-Jewish (NJ) primary torsion dystonia (PTD) populations and to determine the range of dystonic features in affected DYT1 deletion carriers. METHODS: The authors screened 267 individuals with PTD; 170 were clinically ascertained for diagnosis and treatment, 87 were affected family members ascertained...
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