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infantile parkinsonism-dystonia 2

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A movement disease characterized by parkinsonism, dystonia, poor fine motor skills, and autonomic dysfunction including abnormal sweating, cold extremities, and poor sleep that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the SLC18A2 gene on chromosome 10q25.3

A movement disease characterized by parkinsonism, dystonia, poor fine motor skills, and autonomic dysfunction including abnormal sweating, cold extremities, and poor sleep that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the SLC18A2 gene on chromosome 10q25.3.

Signs and symptoms

  • Poor head control
  • Mild intellectual disability
  • Dystonia
  • Shuffling gait
  • Hypotonia
  • Sleep disturbance
  • Ataxia
  • Elevated urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid level
  • Elevated urinary homovanillic acid
  • Hypomimic face

Also known as: Brain dopamine-serotonin vesicular transport disease; PKDYS2