Article
Mutation screening of the DYT6/THAP1 gene in Serbian patients with primary dystonia.
Journal of neurology - 1 Apr 2013
Dobričić Valerija S, Kresojević Nikola D, Svetel Marina V, Janković Milena Z, Petrović Igor N, Tomić Aleksandra D, Novaković Ivana V, Kostić Vladimir S
Abstract excerpt
Primary dystonia (PrD) is characterized by sustained muscle contractions, causing twisting and repetitive movements and abnormal postures. Besides DYT1/TOR1A gene, DYT6/THAP1 gene is the second gene known to cause primary pure dystonia. We screened 281 Serbian primary dystonia patients and 106 neurologically healthy control individuals for the GAG deletion in TOR1A gene and for mutations in THAP1 gene by direct...
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