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Myoclonus-dystonia due to maternal uniparental disomy.
Archives of neurology - 1 Oct 2008
Guettard Emilie, Portnoi Marie-France, Lohmann-Hedrich Katja, Keren Boris, Rossignol Sylvie, Winkler Susen, El Kamel Imen, Leu Smaranda, Apartis Emmanuelle, Vidailhet Marie, Klein Christine, Roze Emmanuel
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BACKGROUND: Myoclonus-dystonia is a movement disorder often associated with mutations in the maternally imprinted epsilon-sarcoglycan (SGCE) gene located on chromosome 7q21. Silver-Russell syndrome is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by prenatal and postnatal growth restriction and a characteristic facies, caused in some cases by maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7. OBJECTIVES: To describe and...
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