Dystonia and Biopterin Deficiency

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-5-7

Dystonia and Biopterin Deficiency

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 2 (1988): Issue 5

By: J Gordon Millichap

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|May 1988

Abstract

Five patients with childhood dystonia associated with reduced CSF biopterin, responsive to levodopa, and characterized by diurnal and exertional variation are reported from the Developmental and Metabolic Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD.

References

Fink JK Barton N Cohen W Lovenberg W Burns RS Hallett M Dystonia with marked diurnal variation associated with biopterin deficiency Neurology 1988 May 38 5 707 11 10.1212/WNL.38.5.707 2452381
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Segawa M Hosaka A Miyagawa F Nomura Y Imai H Hereditary progressive dystonia with marked diurnal fluctuation Adv Neurol 1976 14 215 33 945938
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-5-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 36 - 37

Published on: May 1, 1988

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Childhood Dystonia,

Pyramidal Tract Involvement,

Hyperphenylalanemia

© 1988 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 2 (1988): Issue 5