Article
Adult onset familial cervical dystonia: report of a family including monozygotic twins.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Oct 1993
Uitti R J, Maraganore D M
Abstract excerpt
We report the first family with adult onset cervical dystonia in which monozygotic twins and multiple family members are affected. In this family, the disease exhibits an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern, and all affected members have only cervical dystonia. Five members have definite cervi...
Topics
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Cervical Vertebrae
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Dystonia
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscle Contraction