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Metabolic changes in DYT11 myoclonus-dystonia.
Neurology - 22 Jan 2013
Carbon Maren, Raymond Deborah, Ozelius Laurie, Saunders-Pullman Rachel, Frucht Steven, Dhawan Vijay, Bressman Susan, Eidelberg David
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify brain regions with metabolic changes in DYT11 myoclonus-dystonia (DYT11-MD) relative to control subjects and to compare metabolic abnormalities in DYT11-MD with those found in other forms of hereditary dystonia and in posthypoxic myoclonus. METHODS: [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose PET was performed in 6 subjects with DYT11-MD (age 30.5 ± 10.1 years) and in 6 nonmanifesting DYT11 mutation...
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