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The unique phenomenology of sex-linked dystonia parkinsonism (XDP, DYT3, "Lubag").
The International journal of neuroscience - 1 Jan 2011
Lee Lillian V, Rivera Corazon, Teleg Rosalia A, Dantes Marita B, Pasco Paul Matthew D, Jamora Roland Dominic G, Arancillo Jose, Villareal-Jordan Rodelyn F, Rosales Raymond L, Demaisip Cynthia, Maranon Elma, Peralta Olivia, Borres Ruth, Tolentino Cirnueb, Monding Mercy Joyce, Sarcia Sonia
Abstract excerpt
Sex-linked dystonia parkinsonism (XDP, DYT3, "Lubag") is an adult-onset, progressive, debilitating movement disorder first described in Filipino males from Panay Islands in 1975. XDP manifests predominantly as torsion dystonia, later combined with or sometimes replaced with parkinsonism. Within the Island of Panay, the prevalence rate is highest in the province of Capiz, where 1:4000 men suffer from the disorder....
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