TorbjoernGeorgeNygaardMD

Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosciences, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

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Office
385 Tremont Ave
New Jersey Health Care System, Neurology
East Orange, NJ 07018
Phone+1 973-676-1000

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New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Neurology, 1986 - 1989
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1983 - 1986
The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1983
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1980

PubMed

26 citations
The gene for hereditary progressive dystonia with marked diurnal fluctuation maps to chromosome 14q
Hajime Tanaka, Kotaro Endo, Shoji Tsuji, T. G. Nygaard, Daniel E. Weeks
Annals of Neurology. 1995-03-01
123 citations
Linkage mapping of dopa–responsive dystonia (DRD) to chromosome 14q
T. G. Nygaard, Kirk C. Wilhelmsen, Neil Risch, Deborah L. Brown, Joel M. Trugman
Nature Genetics. 1993-12-01
38 citations
The tau gene A0 allele and progressive supranuclear palsy.
Janet Hoenicka, Mar Pérez, Jordi Pérez-Tur, A. Barabash, M. Godoy
Neurology. 1999-10-01