DYSTONIA 16 (disorder)

INTRODUCTION DYT-PRKRA (DYT16) is considered a rare cause of dystonia-parkinsonism. The significance of this gene as a cause of… Expand

Dystonia is a brain disorder causing involuntary, often painful movements. Apart from a role for dopamine deficiency in some… Expand

Dystonia syndromes are clinically and genetically heterogeneous. DYT16 is caused by mutations in the PRKRA gene, with 1 missense… Expand

Although all forms of dystonia share the core clinical features of involuntary dystonic dyskinesia, there is not only marked… Expand

Objective DYT16 is an autosomal recessive dystonia-parkinsonism due to putative mutations at PRKRA gene. The aim of this study… Expand

The designation, DYT4, was assigned to an Australian family with whispering dysphonia. The role of known causes of dystonia has… Expand

Dystonia‐plus syndromes represent a heterogeneous group of diseases, where dystonia is accompanied by other neurological features… Expand

Task‐specific focal upper limb dystonia can be part of the phenotypic spectrum of different types of hereditary dystonia. We… Expand

BACKGROUND Dystonia and parkinsonism may present as part of the same genetic disorder. Identification of the genetic mutations… Expand

We have read with great interest the article in The Lancet Neurology by Camargos and colleagues who describe the fi nding of… Expand