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. 2020 Aug 21;143(9):2771–2787. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa217

Table 1.

List of dystonia-associated genes included in the analysis

Dystonia classification Main dystonic phenotype Gene Inheritance Locus Other common clinical presentations/ additional clinical features
Combined dystonia Dopa-responsive dystonia-parkinsonism DDC AR None DD, oculogyric crisis, truncal hypotonia, dysautonomia, ptosis
DNAJC12 AR None DD, intellectual disability, HPA
GCH1 AD and AR DYT5 DD, hypotonia, spasticity and HPA in in bi-allelic mutation carriers
PTS AR None DD, oculogyric crisis, truncal hypotonia, dysautonomia, seizures, HPA
QDPR AR None DD, oculogyric crisis, truncal hypotonia, dysautonomia, seizures, HPA
SLC18A2 AR None DD, truncal hypotonia, dysautonomia
SLC6A3 AR None DD, oculogyric crisis, truncal hypotonia, bulbar dysfunction
SPR AR None DD, oculogyric crisis, truncal hypotonia, dysautonomia
TH AR DYT5b DD, oculogyric crisis, truncal hypotonia, dysautonomia, ptosis
Dystonia-chorea-myoclonus ADCY5 AD and AR None Episodic hyperkinesias triggered by sleep, truncal hypotonia
Generalized dystonia with prominent cranial involvement KMT2B AD DYT28 Intellectual disability, short stature
Myoclonus-dystonia KCTD17 AD DYT26 Mild motor DD
SGCE AD DYT11 Psychiatric co-morbidities (anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, alcohol addiction)
Generalized dystonia with prominent laryngeal dystonia TUBB4A AD DYT4 Hypomyelination with atrophy of basal ganglia and cerebellum (H-ABC)
Generalized dystonia-parkinsonism PRKRA AR DYT16 None
Rapid-onset dystonia parkinsonism ATP1A3 AD DYT12 Alternating hemiplegia of childhood, Cerebellar ataxia, areflexia, pes cavus, optic atrophy, and sensorineural hearing loss (CAPOS) syndrome, paroxysmal limb dystonia
Isolated dystonia Adult-onset cranio-cervical dystonia ANO3 AD DYT24 Subcortical myoclonus, prominent dystonic tremor
GNAL AD and AR DYT25 None
Early-onset generalized dystonia HPCA AR DYT2 Learning disabilities, DD
THAP1 AD and AR DYT6 None
TOR1A AD DYT1 Severe arthrogryposis in bi-allelic mutation carriers
Paroxysmal dystonia Paroxysmal exercise-induced dystonia SLC2A1 AD DYT9 or DYT18 GLUT1-deficiency syndrome (DD, spasticity, microcephaly, ataxia, epilepsy)
Paroxysmal kinesigenic dystonia KCNA1 AD n/a Paroxysmal ataxia with interictal myokymia
PRRT2 AD DYT10 or DTY19 Benign familial infantile epilepsy, hemiplegic migraine, paroxysmal torticollis of infancy
SCN8A AD None Benign familial infantile seizures, early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
Paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dystonia KCNMA1 AD None Epilepsy, DD, cerebellar ataxia
PNKD AD DYT8 None
Paroxysmal torticollis of infancy CACNA1A AD None Paroxysmal ataxia with interictal dystonia, hemiplegic migraine, SCA6, early infantile epileptic encephalopathy

Genes have been grouped by their overall dystonia classification and main dystonic phenotype. Within these groupings, genes are sorted alphabetically. AD = autosomal dominant; AR = autosomal recessive; DD = developmental delay; HPA = hyperphenylalanaemia; SCA = spinocerebellar ataxia.