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A Yorkshire family with adult-onset cranio-cervical primary torsion dystonia.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Sept 2000
Münchau A, Valente E M, Davis M B, Stinton V, Wood N W, Quinn N P, Bhatia K P
Abstract excerpt
Although a family history is described in approximately 20% of patients, large families with adult-onset craniocervical primary (idiopathic) torsion dystonia (PTD) are rare. We report a new British family with cranio-cervical dystonia. Seventeen members of the family were examined. Five cases were diagnosed as definite PTD and one as probable PTD. Mean age at onset was 29 years (range, 19-40 yrs). The phenotype...
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