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. 2022 May-Jun;25(3):562-565.
doi: 10.4103/aian.aian_952_21. Epub 2022 Apr 20.

Adult-Onset Dystonia with Late-Onset Epilepsy in TUBB4A-Related Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy-A New Intermediate Phenotype

Peyalee Sarkar  1 , Adreesh Mukherjee  1 , Sumanta Sarkar  1 , Raju Agrawal  1 , Souvik Dubey  1 , Alak Pandit  1
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Adult-Onset Dystonia with Late-Onset Epilepsy in TUBB4A-Related Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy-A New Intermediate Phenotype

Peyalee Sarkar et al. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2022 May-Jun.
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Figures

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Figure 1
Hypomyelination with cerebellar and cortical atrophy. Magnetic resonance imaging of brain—axial T2-weighted (a), T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (b), T1-weighted (c), and sagittal T2-weighted (d) images: showing symmetrical white matter signal intensity changes—hyperintense on T2/FLAIR (arrows) and isointense on T1, with cerebellar and cortical atrophy
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