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Linkage studies in alcohol-responsive myoclonic dystonia.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jul 1996
Gasser T, Bereznai B, Müller B, Pruszak-Seel R, Damrich R, Deuschl G, Oertel W H
Abstract excerpt
A large German family with "myoclonic dystonia with lightning jerks responsive to alcohol" was identified. Eleven affected pedigree members and six obligate gene carriers from five generations were identified. A description of one branch of this pedigree was published in 1964. Our examination 30 years after the initial report confirms the clinical syndrome of a nonprogressive movement disorder characterized by...
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