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Late‐onset axial jerky dystonia due to the DYT1 deletion
Author(s) -
Chinnery Patrick F.,
Reading Paul J.,
McCarthy Emma L.,
Curtis Ann,
Burn David J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.10021
Subject(s) - dystonia , neurology , medicine , pediatrics , neurological disorder , physical medicine and rehabilitation , central nervous system disease , psychiatry
We describe a 71‐year‐old woman who presented to the neurology department late in life with a jerky axial dystonia due to the DYT1 GAG deletion. She recalled that her symptoms began 62 years prior to study and remained unchanged for 40 years, illustrating the broad phenotype of DYT1 idiopathic torsion dystonia. © 2001 Movement Disorder Society.