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Idiopathic torsion dystonia linked to chromosome 8 in two Mennonite families

  • L. Almasy
  • , S. B. Bressman
  • , D. Raymond
  • , P. L. Kramer
  • , P. E. Greene
  • , G. A. Heiman
  • , B. Ford
  • , J. Yount
  • , D. De Leon
  • , S. Chouinard
  • , R. Saunders-Pullman
  • , M. F. Brin
  • , R. P. Kapoor
  • , A. C. Jones
  • , H. Shen
  • , S. Fahn
  • , N. J. Risch
  • , T. G. Nygaard

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Abstract

The DYT1 locus on chromosome 9q34 is responsible for most childhood limb-onset idiopathic torsion dystonia (ITD). Linkage to DYT1 has been excluded in families with adult-onset, and predominantly cranial-cervical, ITD. We mapped a locus (DYT6) associated with prominent cranial-cervical ITD in two large Mennonite families to chromosome 8. An identical haplotype spanning 40-cM segregates with ITD in these families, suggesting a shared mutation from the recent past.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)670-673
Number of pages4
JournalAnnals of Neurology
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1997
Externally publishedYes

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