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Dystonia

What are the causes?

Primary dystonia is the commonest form and no identifiable cause other than possible genetic factors can be found on investigation. Secondary dystonia results from structural, biochemical or degenerative conditions that affect the brain, and particularly the basal ganglia.

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Medical text written January 2003 by Dr T Warner, Reader in Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

 

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