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Obsessive-compulsive disorder is not a clinical manifestation of the DYT1 dystonia gene.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Apr 2007
Heiman Gary A, Ottman Ruth, Saunders-Pullman Rachel J, Ozelius Laurie J, Risch Neil J, Bressman Susan B
Abstract excerpt
Prior studies suggest that obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) and disorder (OCD) are co-morbid with dystonia. We tested if OCS/OCD is a clinical manifestation of the DYT1 dystonia mutation by interviewing members of families with an identified DYT1 mutation, and classifying by manifesting carriers (MC), non-manifesting carriers (NMC), and non-carriers (NC). We found that OCD/OCS are not increased in DYT1...
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