Article
The X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism syndrome (XDP): clinical and molecular genetic analysis.
Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) - 1 Oct 1992
Graeber M B, Müller U
Abstract excerpt
Dystonia and parkinsonism are two major representatives of movement disorders. The X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism syndrome (XDP) serves as a model system for the study of both dystonia and parkinsonism since both symptom complexes occur together and are inherited as Mendelian traits with very high penetrance. XDP, which is endemic to the Philippine island of Panay, originated by a single mutation ("genetic...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA
- Dystonia Musculorum Deformans
- Female
- Gene Library
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Male
