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X-linked parkinsonism-spasticity syndrome

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A movement disease characterized by slowly progressive development of parkinsonian features and variably penetrant spasticity that has_material_basis_in hemizygous mutation in the ATP6AP2 gene on chromosome Xp11.4.

Signs and symptoms

  • Resting tremor
  • Parkinsonism
  • Cogwheel rigidity
  • Spasticity
  • Bradykinesia
  • Hypomimic face
  • Babinski sign
  • Hyperreflexia

Also known as: X-linked Parkinsonism with spasticity; XPDS