Park D H, Kang U J, Moskowitz C B, Burke R E, Joh T H, Fahn S
Department of Neurology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
Neurology. 1990 Oct;40(10):1626-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.40.10.1626.
Since a postmortem biochemical study and a genetic linkage study of idiopathic torsion dystonia suggested possible involvement of dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH), we determined CSF DBH activities of Jewish and non-Jewish patients with childhood-onset idiopathic torsion dystonia and found no differences from a control population.