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  • Title: Pediatric writer's cramp in myoclonus-dystonia: maternal imprinting hides positive family history.
    Author: Gerrits MC, Foncke EM, Koelman JH, Tijssen MA.
    Journal: Eur J Paediatr Neurol; 2009 Mar; 13(2):178-80. PubMed ID: 18571946.
    Abstract:
    Myoclonus-dystonia (M-D) is an autosomal dominantly inherited movement disorder with myoclonic jerks and dystonic contractions most frequently due to a mutation in the epsilon-sarcoglycan (SGCE, DYT11) gene. We describe two unrelated children with M-D (DYT11) who presented with writer's cramp. Due to maternal imprinting the family history appeared initially negative for M-D. In children with writer's cramp screening of the SGCE gene should be considered, even with a negative family history.
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