Perry syndrome: a case of atypical parkinsonism with confirmed DCTN1 mutation.

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Perry syndrome is a rare neurological condition characterised clinically by depression, sleep disturbance, central hypoventilation and parkinsonism. Perry syndrome is a TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) proteinopathy associated with mutated dynactin-1 protein, inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Several pathogenic mutations in exon 2 in the dynactin 1 gene have been identified; p. F521, p. G67d, p. G71R,...

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