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Intracortical inhibition of the motor cortex in Segawa disease (DYT5).
Neurology - 27 Mar 2007
Hanajima R, Nomura Y, Segawa M, Ugawa Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Segawa disease (autosomal dominant guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I [GTP-I] deficiency, DYT5) is a hereditary dopa-responsive generalized dystonia. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the pathophysiologic mechanisms for dystonia in Segawa disease, we studied intracortical inhibition of the primary motor cortex in patients with Segawa disease. METHODS: We studied 9 patients with Segawa disease (8...
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