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Screening of mutations in GNAL in sporadic dystonia patients.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Aug 2014
Dufke Claudia, Sturm Marc, Schroeder Christopher, Moll Susanne, Ott Thomas, Riess Olaf, Bauer Peter, Grundmann Kathrin
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BACKGROUND: GNAL mutations have been shown to cause adult-onset isolated dystonia, a disabling movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions causing twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures. METHODS: To test the frequency of GNAL mutations in a series of 137 German patients with sporadic dystonia patients we used next-generation sequencing of amplicon-derived barcoded NexteraXT...
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