Rediscovery of the Tubulin β-4A p.Arg2Gly Variant in Whispering Dysphonia: A Report from Austria

Omar Keritam^{1

2}, Susann Badmann³, Maureen Jacob³, Philip Harrer^{3

4}, Christine Klein^{5

6}, Annabella Kurz⁷, Hakan Cetin^{1

2}, Michael Zech^{3

4

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³ Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Institute of Neurogenomics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany.
⁵ Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
⁶ Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany.
⁷ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Phoniatrics-Logopedics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁸ Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.

Omar Keritam et al. Mov Disord. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;40(8):1725-1726.

doi: 10.1002/mds.30227. Epub 2025 May 26.

Omar Keritam^{1

2}, Susann Badmann³, Maureen Jacob³, Philip Harrer^{3

4}, Christine Klein^{5

6}, Annabella Kurz⁷, Hakan Cetin^{1

2}, Michael Zech^{3

4

8}

¹ Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³ Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Institute of Neurogenomics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany.
⁵ Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
⁶ Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany.
⁷ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Phoniatrics-Logopedics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁸ Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: TUBB4A; dysphonia; dystonia; laryngeal involvement; tubulin β‐4A.

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