Alcohol-responsive myoclonic dystonia in a large family: dominant inheritance and phenotypic variation.

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Alcohol-responsive myoclonic dystonia in a large family: dominant inheritance and phenotypic variation.

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jan 1990

Kyllerman M, Forsgren L, Sanner G, Holmgren G, Wahlström J, Drugge U

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Alcohol-responsive myoclonic dystonia is reported in 26 individuals in a six-generation family, thus indicating autosomal dominant inheritance. Twenty affected family members aged between 3 and 56 years were examined on one occasion. Myoclonus in arms, shoulder, and neck distribution was seen in 17, with occasional generalized jerks in 14. Leg dystonia/hemidystonia was seen in two infant cases, writer's cramp in...

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