A family with a hereditary form of torsion dystonia from Northern Sweden treated with bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation

• Published in: Movement Disorders
• Main Authors: Blomstedt, Patric, Hariz, Marwan I., Tisch, Stephen, Holmberg, Monica, Bergenheim, Tommy A., Forsgren, Lars
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Marsden; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.22842; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fmds.22842; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mds.22842

Abstract To evaluate pallidal DBS in a non‐DYT1 form of hereditary dystonia. We present the results of pallidal DBS in a family with non‐DYT1 dystonia where DYT5 to 17 was excluded. The dystonia is following an autosomal dominant pattern. Ten members had definite dystonia and five had dystonia with...