Dopamine-Serotonin Transporter Disease

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-4-1

Keywords:

Norepinephrine, Neurologic Examination, Dopamine Agonists

Abstract

Investigators at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada report 8 children of a consanguineous Saudi Arabian family who had a similar movement disorder, with autosomal recessive inheritance and a mutation in the SLC18A2 gene that encodes vesicular monoamine transporter 2 [VMAT2].

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Published

2013-04-01

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Section

Movement Disorders