Article
The genetics of dystonia: new twists in an old tale.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jul 2013
Charlesworth Gavin, Bhatia Kailash P, Wood Nicholas W
Abstract excerpt
Dystonia is a common movement disorder seen by neurologists in clinic. Genetic forms of the disease are important to recognize clinically and also provide valuable information about possible pathogenic mechanisms within the wider disorder. In the past few years, with the advent of new sequencing technologies, there has been a step change in the pace of discovery in the field of dystonia genetics. In just over a...
Topics
- Dystonia
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Mutation
- Phenotype