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hypermanganesemia with dystonia 2

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A hypermanganesemia with dystonia that is characterized predominantly by loss of motor milestones in the first years of life and has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the SLC39A14 gene on chromosome 8p21.

Signs and symptoms

  • Impaired mastication
  • Inability to walk
  • Dystonia
  • Hypotonia
  • Hyperintensity of cerebral white matter on MRI
  • Generalized dystonia
  • Parkinsonism
  • Tip-toe gait
  • Scissor gait
  • Oromandibular dystonia