Wilson's disease presenting in a family with an apparent dominant history of tremor

Authors
Nicholl, DJ Ferenci, P Polli, C Burdon, MB Pall, HS
Citation
Dj. Nicholl et al., Wilson's disease presenting in a family with an apparent dominant history of tremor, J NE NE PSY, 70(4), 2001, pp. 514-516
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
ISSN journal
00223050 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
514 - 516
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3050(200104)70:4<514:WDPIAF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A patient with Wilson's disease is described who presented with dystonic tr emor in a family with an apparent dominant history of tremor. Subsequent in vestigation showed that the patient's mother had essential tremor, with mol ecular analysis of the ATP7B gene excluding the possibility of pseudodomina nt inheritance. This case highlights the importance of considering the poss ibility of Wilson's disease in every young patient with a movement disorder , even where the clinical picture does not suggest a recessively inherited disorder.