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Clinical characterization of dystonia in adult patients with Huntington's disease.
European journal of neurology - 1 Sept 2017
van de Zande N A, Massey T H, McLauchlan D, Pryce Roberts A, Zutt R, Wardle M, Payne G C, Clenaghan C, Tijssen M A J, Rosser A E, Peall K J
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant, neurodegenerative movement disorder, typically characterized by chorea. Dystonia is also recognized as part of the HD motor phenotype, although little work detailing its prevalence, distribution, severity and impact on functional capacity has been published to date. METHODS: Patients (>18 years of age) were recruited from the Cardiff (UK)...
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