Medical management of myoclonus-dystonia and implications for underlying pathophysiology.

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Myoclonus-dystonia is an early onset genetic disorder characterised by subcortical myoclonus and less prominent dystonia. Its primary causative gene is the epsilon-sarcoglycan gene but the syndrome of "myoclonic dystonia" has been shown to be a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders. The underlying pathophysiology of myoclonus-dystonia is incompletely understood, although it may relate to dysfunction of...

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