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Atypical phenotypes of DYT1 dystonia in three children.
Brain & development - 1 Apr 2013
Yilmaz Unsal, Yüksel Deniz, Atac F Belgin, Yilmaz Deniz, Verdi Hasibe, Senbil Nesrin
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: DYT-1 dystonia is the most common primary dystonia seen in childhood. It is an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder caused by deletion of a GAG triplet in exon 5 of the DYT1 gene. It characteristically starts in a distal limb during late childhood, subsequently spreads to involve other body regions sparing oromandibular muscles. However, clinical presentation can vary remarkably with respect to...
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