Article
The gene for hereditary progressive dystonia with marked diurnal fluctuation maps to chromosome 14q.
Annals of neurology - 1 Mar 1995
Tanaka H, Endo K, Tsuji S, Nygaard T G, Weeks D E, Nomura Y, Segawa M
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary progressive dystonia with marked diurnal fluctuation (HPD) is a childhood-onset, postural dystonia that is characterized by marked diurnal fluctuation and a dramatic response to levodopa. Recently, the gene for dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD), an autosomal dominant dystonia showing simi...
Topics
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Circadian Rhythm
- Dystonia
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Humans
- Levodopa
- Lod Score
- Male
- Pedigree
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
