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Phenocopies in a large GCH1 mutation positive family with dopa responsive dystonia: confusing the picture?
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Jun 2002
Grimes D A, Barclay C L, Duff J, Furukawa Y, Lang A E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Dopa responsive dystonia (DRD) is a disorder characterised by childhood onset dystonia but a wide range of clinical presentations has now been described. OBJECTIVE: To study a large Canadian family with presumed DRD. METHODS: The clinical features of the family were collected before molecular genetic mutational analysis. RESULTS: All nine individuals in whom a clinical diagnosis of DRD was definite or...
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