Article
The role of DYT1 in primary torsion dystonia in Europe.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Dec 1998
Valente E M, Warner T T, Jarman P R, Mathen D, Fletcher N A, Marsden C D, Bhatia K P, Wood N W
Abstract excerpt
Primary torsion dystonia (PTD) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous movement disorder. DYT1 on chromosome 9q34 was the first PTD gene to be mapped. A 3-bp (GAG) deletion in this gene was reported to account for almost all early limb-onset generalized PTD. No relationship has been found w...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Carrier Proteins
- Child
- Chromosome Mapping
- Dystonia
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
