Rapid onset dystonia-parkinsonism in a 14-year-old girl

Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 1999;3(4):171-3. doi: 10.1016/s1090-3798(99)90051-x.

Abstract

A painful dystonia of rapid onset and associated parkinsonian features is described in a girl aged 14 years. The condition is refractory to treatment and has led to severe neurological disability. Her father had presented with a similar picture.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Dystonia / genetics
  • Dystonia / metabolism
  • Dystonia / pathology*
  • Family
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Parkinson Disease, Secondary / genetics
  • Parkinson Disease, Secondary / metabolism
  • Parkinson Disease, Secondary / pathology*
  • Phenotype