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. 2009 Oct;2(2):86-7.
doi: 10.14802/jmd.09023. Epub 2009 Oct 30.

Disabling Head Tremor in a Patient with DYT1 Mutation

Jae-Hyeok Lee  1 , Dae-Seong Kim  1 , Jae-Wook Cho  1 , Kyung-Pil Park  1
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Disabling Head Tremor in a Patient with DYT1 Mutation

Jae-Hyeok Lee et al. J Mov Disord. 2009 Oct.

Abstract

Dystonic head tremor is known to be a feature in some patients with DYT1 mutation. However, isolated tremor of the head without relevant cervical dystonia has rarely been described. We report here a patient with the three-bp GAG deletion in the DYT1 gene (904_906delGAG) who had severe head tremor in the frame of a generalized limb dystonia.

Keywords: DYT 1 gene; Dystonia; Tremor.

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