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Expanded motor and psychiatric phenotype in autosomal dominant Segawa syndrome due to GTP cyclohydrolase deficiency.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Jan 2006
Van Hove J L K, Steyaert J, Matthijs G, Legius E, Theys P, Wevers R, Romstad A, Møller L B, Hedrich K, Goriounov D, Blau N, Klein C, Casaer P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Segawa syndrome due to GTP cyclohydrolase deficiency is an autosomal dominant disorder with variable expression, that is clinically characterised by l-dopa responsive, diurnally fluctuating dystonia and parkinsonian symptoms. OBJECTIVE: To delineate the neurological and psychiatric phenotype in all affected individuals of three extended families. METHODS: GTP cyclohydrolase deficiency was documented...
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