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Biotin-responsive basal ganglia disease in ethnic Europeans with novel SLC19A3 mutations.
Archives of neurology - 1 Jan 2010
Debs Rabab, Depienne Christel, Rastetter Agnès, Bellanger Agnès, Degos Bertrand, Galanaud Damien, Keren Boris, Lyon-Caen Olivier, Brice Alexis, Sedel Frédéric
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OBJECTIVE: To report the first 2 European cases of biotin-responsive basal ganglia disease and novel SLC19A3 mutations. DESIGN: Case reports. SETTING: University hospital. Patients A 33-year-old man and his 29-year-old sister, both of Portuguese ancestry, presented with recurrent episodes of encephalopathy. Between episodes patients exhibited generalized dystonia, epilepsy, and bilateral hyperintensities of the...
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