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Two siblings with homocystinuria presenting with dystonia and parkinsonism

Author(s) -

Ekinci Burçak,

Apaydin Hulya,

Vural Melih,

Özekmekçi Sibel

Publication year - 2004

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.20062

Subject(s) - dystonia , chorea , homocystinuria , parkinsonism , movement disorders , pediatrics , medicine , neurological disorder , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , central nervous system disease , chemistry , disease , amino acid , methionine , biochemistry

Movement disorders such as dystonia, chorea or tremor are rarely encountered in patients with homocystinuria. We present 2 siblings with laboratory‐confirmed homocystinuria, one with severe generalized dystonia and the other with mild parkinsonism. The movement disorders in our patients appeared in the second and first decades, respectively. © 2004 Movement Disorder Society

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