Childhood-Onset Progressive Dystonia With Mitochondrial DNA G14459A Mutation

This article reports the case of an 11-year-old boy with progressive dystonia caused by the homoplasmic G14459A mitochondrial DNA mutation. The patient presented with focal dystonia in the right upper limb at 3 years of age, which progressed over 4 years to exhibit dystonia in both the upper and low...

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Main Authors: Ayaka Koide MD, PhD, Hiroshi Ozawa MD, PhD, Masaya Kubota MD, PhD, Yuichi Goto MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-10-01
Series:Child Neurology Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2329048X14550677