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X-linked dystonia (“Lubag”) presenting predominantly with parkinsonism: A more benign phenotype?

✍ Scribed by Virgilio Gerald H. Evidente; Katrina Gwinn-Hardy; John Hardy; Dena Hernandez; Andrew Singleton

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 511 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1263

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Abstract

“Lubag,” or Filipino X‐linked dystonia, typically presents with either pure dystonia (that inexorably becomes generalized) or combined dystonia–parkinsonism. We report on three cases of Lubag presenting with isolated parkinsonism without dystonia or late‐onset dystonia and a slower course. © 2001 Movement Disorder Society.

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