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POLG mutation presenting with late-onset jerky torticollis

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BvdW receives research support from the Prinses Beatrix Fonds, Netherlands Brain Foundation, the Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy, and the Gossweiler Foundation.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Donders Centre for Neuroscience, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    F. J. Anton Meijer

  2. Department of Neurology, Centre for Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Anil M. Tuladhar & Bart P. van de Warrenburg

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Mild torticollis to the left with a side-to-side, jerky head tremor. (WMV 3904 kb)

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Tuladhar, A.M., Meijer, F.J.A. & van de Warrenburg, B.P. POLG mutation presenting with late-onset jerky torticollis. J Neurol 260, 903–905 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6776-z

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