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Childhood-Onset Dystonia with Optic Atrophy and Basal Ganglia Abnormalities
A dystonia that is characterized by characterized by onset of involuntary movements in the first decade of life and that is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the MECR gene on chromosome 1p35. Opti
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A dystonia that is characterized by characterized by onset of involuntary movements in the first decade of life and that is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the MECR gene on chromosome 1p35. Opti
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