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Preferred Label : Dystonia, focal, task-specific;

Symbol : FTSD;

CISMeF acronym : FTSD;

Type : Phenotype or locus, molecular basis unknown;

Included titles and symbols : Musician's dystonia;

Description : Focal dystonia, the most common form of dystonia, is often task-specific and referred to as FTSD. Specific learned motor tasks, such as writing or playing a musical instrument, can trigger muscle spasms and interfere with performance while other actions are unaffected. FTSD has a frequency of 1 in 3,400 in the general population but increases to 1 in 200 among musicians (Pullman and Hristova, 2005).;

Inheritance : Autosomal dominant;

Prefixed ID : %611284;

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