DYT19: Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia 2 (PKD2)

Evidence-based neurology checklist on dyt19: paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia 2 (pkd2): Genetics This is caused by mutations in chromosome 16 The transmission is autosomal dominant It causes childhood onset dystonia and choreoathetosis Clinical features Synonym

Genetics

  • This is caused by mutations in chromosome 16
  • The transmission is autosomal dominant
  • It causes childhood onset dystonia and choreoathetosis

Clinical features

Synonym

References

  1. Muller U. The monogenic primary dystonias. Brain 2009; 132:2005-2025.
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  3. Ledoux MS, Dauer WT, Warner TT. Emerging common molecular pathways for primary dystonia. Mov Disord 2013; 28:968-981. 
  4. Valente EM, Spacey SD, Wali GM, et al. A second paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis locus (EKD2) mapping on 16q13-q22.1 indicates a family of genes which give rise to paroxysmal disorders on human chromosome 16. Brain 2000; 123:2040-2045.
  5. Spacey S. D, Valente E-M, Wali GM, et al. Genetic and clinical heterogeneity in paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia: evidence for a third EKD gene. Mov Disord 2002; 17:717-725.
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