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Prominent psychiatric comorbidity in the dominantly inherited movement disorder myoclonus-dystonia.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Apr 2013
Weissbach Anne, Kasten Meike, Grünewald Anne, Brüggemann Norbert, Trillenberg Peter, Klein Christine, Hagenah Johann
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BACKGROUND: Neurological and psychiatric disorders show clinical overlap suggesting a shared pathophysiological background. We evaluated myoclonus-dystonia, a monogenic movement disorder as a disease model for inherited psychopathology. METHOD: We investigated 12 SGCE mutation carriers using standardized neurological and psychiatric examinations to assign DSM-IV diagnoses. Furthermore, we analyzed all studies in...
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