A new SPG4/SPAST mutation in an Italian family with hereditary spastic paraplegia and Alzheimer’s disease
Objective: To perform a clinical and a genetic study in an Italian family with a complicated form of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) and Alzheimer’s disease…Targeted Next Generation Sequencing in Diagnosis of Dystonia Patients
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the targeted next generation sequencing in dystonia patients in China. Background: Dystonia is a movement disorder with high clinical…Inherited neuromyotonia associated with a dominant-negative KCNQ2 mutation
Objective: To report the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of a Taiwanese family with inherited neuromyotonia associated with KCNQ2 mutation. Background: Neuromyotonia is a disorder of…A novel mutation in VRK1 associated with distal spinal muscular atrophy
Objective: To elucidate the underlying genetic cause of dSMA in a Chinese family with two affected siblings. Background: Distal spinal muscular atrophy (dSMA), also called…Dissecting molecular signatures of X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP) through integrative genomics studies
Objective: To determine the causal locus and functional mechanism associated with XDP using integrative genomics methods in patient-derived and genome-edited induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)…A new distinct spastic ataxia with hypomyelination: Clinical, neuroimaging and molecular expression of NKX6-2 mutations
Objective: To identify the phenotypic, neuroimaging and genotype-phenotype expression of NKX6-2 mutations. Background: Despite advances in genetic testing a large number of hyopomyelinating disorders remain…Epigenetic silencing in the humanized mouse model of Friedreich ataxia
Objective: To investigate if DNA hypermethylation of the abnormal FXN gene in Friedreich ataxia is present in disease-relevant tissues and if it is tissue-, repeat-,…Compound-heterozygous mutations in VPS13D are a novel cause of spastic ataxia and lead to mitochondrial dysfunction
Objective: To identify the genetic cause in two sisters with spastic ataxia and to functionally characterize mitochondrial function in patient-derived cells. Background: Spastic ataxia is…Familial SCA2-parkinsonism presented as intractable oromandibular dystonia
Objective: We report a patient of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2(SCA2)-parkinsonism family who developed oromandibular dystonia as the chief presentation. Background: We previously described a Korean…Atypical presentation of PANK2 mutation: A case report
Objective: To describe an atypical presentation of a PANK2 mutation. Background: PKAN (Pantothenate-Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration) is the most common NBIA (Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation) disorder,…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.