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Benign hereditary chorea: dopaminergic brain imaging in patients with a novel intronic NKX2.1 gene mutation.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2013
Konishi Takashi, Kono Satoshi, Fujimoto Masaya, Terada Tatsuhiro, Matsushita Kozo, Ouchi Yasuomi, Miyajima Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the NKX2.1 gene, which is essential for the development, differentiation and organization of the basal ganglia, cause benign hereditary chorea (BHC) characterized by childhood-onset non-progressive chorea. We herein report the clinical features of six patients from a single family with a novel intronic mutation and present the dopaminergic neuronal imaging by using positron emission tomography (PET)...
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