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DYT1 mutations amongst adult primary dystonia patients in Singapore with review of literature comparing East and West.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Aug 2006
Jamora Roland Dominic G, Tan Eng-King, Liu Chun-Ping, Kathirvel Paramasivam, Burgunder Jean-Marc, Tan Louis C S
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BACKGROUND: Dystonia is a heterogenous group of movement disorders whose clinical spectrum is very wide. At least 13 different genes and gene loci have been reported. While a 3-bp deletion in the DYT1 gene is the most frequent cause of early limb-onset, generalized dystonia, it has also been foun...
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