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Clinical and genetic characterization of a large Dutch family with primary focal dystonia.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 30 Oct 2008
Contarino Maria Fiorella, Berger-Plantinga Elles, Foncke Elisabeth M J, Ritz Katja, Mellema Jonke, Baas Frank, Speelman Johannes D, Tijssen Marina A J
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We describe a large family with a primary focal dystonia from a small Dutch village on a former island. Twenty-four individuals spanning three generations were examined by two movement-disorder neurologists. Two other movement-disorder neurologists evaluated the videos independently. Subjects were classified as "affected," "possibly affected," or "not affected." A diagnosis was defined if all the neurologists...
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