DYT7: Focal adult onset torsion dystonia

Evidence-based neurology checklist on dyt7: focal adult onset torsion dystonia: Genetics This is caused by mutations in chromosome 18 The transmission is autosomal dominant It causes adult onset pure dystonia Clinical features

Genetics

  • This is caused by mutations in chromosome 18
  • The transmission is autosomal dominant
  • It causes adult onset pure dystonia

Clinical features

References

  1. Waddy HM, Fletcher NA, Harding AE, Marsden CD. A genetic study of idiopathic focal dystonias. Ann Neurol 1991; 29:320-324.
  2. Leube B, Rudnicki D, Ratzlaff T, Kessler KR, Benecke R, Auburger G. Idiopathic torsion dystonia: assignment of a gene to chromosome 18p in a German family with adult onset, autosomal dominant inheritance and purely focal distribution. Hum Mol Genet 1996; 5:1673-1677.

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