Cervical dystonia as the presenting symptom of novel calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1A mutation.

Abstract excerpt

A woman in her mid-50s presented with an uncomfortable pulling sensation in the right neck that worsened with movement. This was diagnosed as cervical dystonia and treated symptomatically for several years through trials of botulinum toxin. As the years progressed, her symptoms worsened and evolved with the patient eventually experiencing debilitating ataxia requiring use of a wheelchair for mobility, severe...

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• Calcium Channels
• Calcium Channels, N-Type
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Mutation
• Spinocerebellar Ataxias