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Favorable response to carbamazepine therapy in genetically proven myoclonus-dystonia child.
Italian journal of pediatrics - 15 Feb 2021
Aljabri Mohammed F, Kamal Naglaa M, Alghamdi Abdulrhman, Alghamdi Hamdan, Alomairi Naif
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BACKGROUND: Myoclonus dystonia (MDS) is a dominantly inherited genetic disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in the epsilon sarcoglycan gene (SGCE). CASE PRESENTATION: We here in report a twenty months old Saudi boy who presented to us with a concern that the child is unable to walk properly. On assessment, he was flexing his left arm and left leg that usually followed by a back-ward fall. Diagnosis of...
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