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The clinical and genetic heterogeneity of paroxysmal dyskinesias.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2015
Gardiner Alice R, Jaffer Fatima, Dale Russell C, Labrum Robyn, Erro Roberto, Meyer Esther, Xiromerisiou Georgia, Stamelou Maria, Walker Matthew, Kullmann Dimitri, Warner Tom, Jarman Paul, Hanna Mike, Kurian Manju A, Bhatia Kailash P, Houlden Henry
Abstract excerpt
Paroxysmal dyskinesia can be subdivided into three clinical syndromes: paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia or choreoathetosis, paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia, and paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia. Each subtype is associated with the known causative genes PRRT2, SLC2A1 and PNKD, respectively. Although separate screening studies have been carried out on each of the paroxysmal dyskinesia genes, to date...
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