## Abstract We report the first family with adult onset cervical dystonia in which monozygotic twins and multiple family members are affected. In this family, the disease exhibits an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern, and all affected members have only cervical dystonia. Five members have defi
Familial monozygotic twinning: A report of seven pedigrees
β Scribed by Geoffrey Machin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Volume
- 151C
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4868
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