Rapid onset dystonia-parkinsonism in a 14-year-old girl.
A painful dystonia of rapid onset and associated parkinsonian features is described in a girl aged 14 years. The condition is refractory to treatment and has led to severe neurological disability. Her father had presented with a similar picture.
Webb
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Department of Neurology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Broderick
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Brashear
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Dobyns
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D000293:Adolescent; D004421:Dystonia / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D010641:Phenotype