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Cortical sensorimotor alterations classify clinical phenotype and putative genotype of spasmodic dysphonia.
European journal of neurology - 1 Oct 2016
Battistella G, Fuertinger S, Fleysher L, Ozelius L J, Simonyan K
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Spasmodic dysphonia (SD), or laryngeal dystonia, is a task-specific isolated focal dystonia of unknown causes and pathophysiology. Although functional and structural abnormalities have been described in this disorder, the influence of its different clinical phenotypes and genotypes remains scant, making it difficult to explain SD pathophysiology and to identify potential biomarkers....
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