title: Dopamine beta-hydroxylase activity in cerebrospinal fluid of idiopathic torsion dystonia.
abstract: Since a postmortem biochemical study and a genetic linkage study of idiopathic torsion dystonia suggested possible involvement of dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH), we determined CSF DBH activities of Jewish and non-Jewish patients with childhood-onset idiopathic torsion dystonia and found no differences from a control population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: U J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Moskowitz
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Joh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fahn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D004422:Dystonia Musculorum Deformans / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase