Two siblings with homocystinuria presenting with dystonia and parkinsonism.

Mov Disord

Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders Unit, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey.

Published: August 2004

Movement disorders such as dystonia, chorea or tremor are rarely encountered in patients with homocystinuria. We present 2 siblings with laboratory-confirmed homocystinuria, one with severe generalized dystonia and the other with mild parkinsonism. The movement disorders in our patients appeared in the second and first decades, respectively.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.20062DOI Listing

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