[Familial progressive dystonia with diurnal fluctuation. Case report. Remarkable therapeutic effect of 1-dopa (author's transl)].
The present report discusses two patients of a same family who have "familial progressive dystonia with diurnal fluctuation" (Segawa). One of them, a severely handicapped nine year-old girl was successfully treated with L-Dopa.
D000368:Aged; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003300:Copper / Q000652:urine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004422:Dystonia Musculorum Deformans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000175:diagnosis; D007980:Levodopa / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep
D007980:Levodopa; D003300:Copper; D002570:Ceruloplasmin
Familiäre progressive Dystonie mit Tagesschwankugen. Fallbeschreibung. Erfolgreiche Behandlung mit L-Dopa