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Regional metabolism in primary torsion dystonia: effects of penetrance and genotype.
Neurology - 27 Apr 2004
Carbon M, Su S, Dhawan V, Raymond D, Bressman S, Eidelberg D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The authors have previously used [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET to identify a reproducible pattern of regional glucose metabolism that was expressed in both manifesting and nonmanifesting carriers of the DYT1 primary dystonia mutation. OBJECTIVE: To identify specific regions that discriminated subjects according to clinical penetrance and genotype. METHODS: FDG PET was used to scan 12...
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