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Disease-gene associations mined from literature

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Human genes for dyskinetic cerebral palsy

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy [DOID:0050672]

A cerebral palsy that is caused by damage to the extrapyramidal motor system and/or pyramidal tract and to the basal ganglia, which results in mixed muscle tone (hypertonia and hypotonia). The individuals have trouble holding themselves in an upright, steady position for sitting or walking, and often show involuntary motions.

Synonyms:  dyskinetic cerebral palsy,  DOID:0050672,  dyskinetic cerebral palsies,  Athetoid Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy,  Athetoid Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsies

The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.