A Novel Pattern of Dystonia in DYT-VPS16: "Speaking in Tongues"

Clément Desjardins1, Cécile Delorme1, Aurélie Méneret1

  • 1From the AP-HP (C. Desjardins, Cécile Delorme, A.M., N.L., E.R., M.V.), Salpetriere Hospital; Sorbonne Université (C. Delorme, A.M., E.R., M.V.), Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, AP-HP, Hôpital Salpetriere, DMU Neuroscience 6, Paris; Service de neurologie (C.F.), Centre Hospitalier du Sud Francilien, Corbeil Essonnes; Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie (CNRS/University Sorbonne-Nouvelle) Paris (N.L.); Department of Medical Genetics (J.-M.D.S.A.), Groupe Hospitalo-Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP.Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; and Laboratoire de Médecine Génomique Sorbonne Université (J.-M.D.S.A.), Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire SeqOIA.

Neurology. Genetics
|July 23, 2024
PubMed
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