Open AccessWoman With X-Linked Recessive Dystonia-Parkinsonism
Author(s) -
Aloysius Domingo,
Lillian V. Lee,
Norbert Brüggemann,
Karen Freimann,
Frank J. Kaiser,
Roland Dominic G. Jamora,
Raymond L. Rosales,
Christine Klein,
Ana Westenberger
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.298
H-Index - 231
eISSN - 2168-6157
pISSN - 2168-6149
DOI - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.56
Subject(s) - parkinsonism , dystonia , genetics , allele , disease , biology , medicine , gene , psychiatry
Despite recessive inheritance, X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (Lubag disease) has also been described in women presenting with a late-onset isolated parkinsonian syndrome. Interestingly, unlike in other populations, there is a slight female predominance in the prevalence of parkinsonism in the Philippines.
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