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Severe generalized dystonia as a presentation of a patient with aprataxin gene mutation.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Oct 2003
Sekijima Yoshiki, Hashimoto Takao, Onodera Osam, Date Hidetoshi, Okano Tomomi, Naito Kosuke, Tsuji Shoji, Ikeda Shu-ichi
Abstract excerpt
A 14-year-old girl, homozygous for an insertion mutation of aprataxin (APTX), 689 ins T, is described. She presented with severe generalized dystonia, ataxia, ocular motor apraxia, and areflexia. The dystonia of this patient suggests involvement of the basal ganglia or thalamus, along with clinic...
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