Article
Dopa-responsive dystonia.
Current opinion in neurology - 1 Aug 1995
Nygaard T G
Abstract excerpt
The past 18 months have seen significant advances in our understanding of dopa(dihydroxyphenylalanine)-responsive dystonia. Clinical investigations have broadened the spectrum of disease with particular attention manifestations in infancy. Pathophysiological investigations have revealed features...
Topics
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Corpus Striatum
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Dystonia
- GTP Cyclohydrolase
- Genes, Dominant
- Humans
- Infant
- Levodopa
- Neural Pathways
- Parkinson Disease, Secondary
- Phenotype
- Spinal Cord
- Substantia Nigra