Myoclonus-Dystonia on Chromosome 7 (AAN 2000)

Subject: Myoclonus-Dystonia on Chromosome 7 (AAN 2000)

Date: 5/12/2000

E-MOVE makes its final report from the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, held in San Diego, California, 30 April-5 May 2000. Citation numbers below refer to abstracts of presentations and posters, which are published in Neurology 2000;54(suppl.3).

Myoclonus-dystonia is linked to chromosome 7q in five out of six families
C Klein, PL Kramer, J Friedman, R Kurlan, R Saunders-Pullman, J Leung, J Garrels, K Schilling, D Raymond, D de Leon, E Schwinger, P Vieregge, S Bressman, M Brin, L Ozelius
S 52.005

Linkage analysis of 52 members from 6 families with myoclonus-dystonia showed linkage in 5 families to a 10 centiMorgan region on chromosome 7q. As of yet, no candidate genes have been identified in this region.

E-MOVE Editor: Richard Robinson, NASW, WE MOVE

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