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Ethosuximide completely suppressed epileptic negative myoclonus in childhood localization-related epilepsy [PDF]

, 2010
We report two cases of localization-related epilepsy manifesting frequent brief atonia. The patients were assumed to have epileptic negative myoclonus (ENM), and were successfully treated with ethosuximide (ESM).
Iwasaki Nobuaki, Ohto Tatsuyuki, Saito Takashi, Sumazaki Ryo, Tanaka Ryuta, 大戸 達之, 田中 竜太, 須磨崎 亮   +7 more
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The Spectrum of Abnormal Tongue Movements: Review of Phenomenology, Etiology, and Differential Diagnosis

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Classifying abnormal tongue movements is challenging due to their varied presentations and limited visibility compared to other body parts. Accurate identification of the phenomenology guides physical examination and can point to specific diagnoses.
Nathaniel Bendahan, Seyed‐Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Christos Ganos, Emily Swinkin, Anthony E. Lang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome associated with a nasopharyngeal tumor in an adult: a case report [PDF]

, 2015
INTRODUCTION: Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome is a rare autoimmune syndrome usually seen in children and very rarely in adults. It typically presents with a triad of opsoclonus, myoclonus and ataxia, and is most often associated with a tumor or after an ...
Andrew J Kinshuck, Anu Jacob, Bilal Gani Taib, David Husband, Lauren Fratalia, Leigh Forsyth, Philip Milburn-McNulty, Terry M Jones   +7 more
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Post-anoxic myoclonus

Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2014
Myoclonus is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary, sudden, brief muscle jerks caused by muscular contraction (positive myoclonus) or inhibition (negative myoclonus).1,2 Myoclonus is generally a medical sign and not a diagnosis.
Pavis Laengvejkal, Parunyou Julayanont, Drew Payne   +2 more
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Spinal Myoclonus As a Rare Presentation of Neurological Disease in Sudan

Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020
Background: Spinal myoclonus is a very rare movement disorder characterized by myoclonic involvement of the whole body. Structural lesions are usually the cause, however, in primary spinal myoclonus, the etiology remains unknown.
Etedal Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Asmhan M. Osman
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Acute Neurological Complications After Transplantation in Methylmalonic Acidemia: A 35-Patient French Cohort. [PDF]

J Inherit Metab Dis
ABSTRACT Transplantation is an effective therapeutic option to improve quality of life in patients with severe methylmalonic acidemia (MMA). However, data regarding neurological complications following transplantation remain limited. A retrospective, single‐center study was conducted at Necker Hospital (France), including MMA patients who underwent ...
Vissac A, Sarda E, Roux CJ, Schiff M, Bérat CM, Bouchereau J, Arnoux JB, de Puyraimond C, Gaschignard M, Mekdade T, Cucinotta U, Mayer C, Barbier V, Benoist JF, Oualha M, Capito C, Chardot C, Dao M, Servais A, Francoz C, Dehoux L, Lacaille F, Desguerre I, Boddaert N, de Lonlay P, Brassier A.   +25 more
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PRRT2 gene variant in a child with dysmorphic features, congenital microcephaly, and severe epileptic seizures: genotype-phenotype correlation? [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Mutations in Proline-rich Transmembrane Protein 2 (PRRT2) have been primarily associated with individuals presenting with infantile epilepsy, including benign familial infantile epilepsy, benign infantile epilepsy, and benign myoclonus of ...
Cho SY, Corsello G, Falsaperla R., Jin DK, Marino S, Marino SD, Pappalardo XG, Pavone P, Ruggieri M   +8 more
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Convergence Deficits in Myoclonus‐Dystonia Point to Cerebellar Impairment

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Myoclonus‐dystonia (M‐D) is a monogenic movement disorder, with proposed cerebellar dysfunction. Vergence eye movement deficits, characteristics of degenerative cerebellar disease, have not been studied in M‐D. Cerebellar transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is considered a potential therapeutic approach.
Skadi Gerkensmeier, Christina Bolte, Jan‐Ole Radecke, Feline Hamami, Andreas Sprenger, Christoph Helmchen, Robert Chen, Marcus Callister, Talyta Cortez Grippe, Christine Klein, Norbert Brüggemann, Tobias Bäumer, Alexander Münchau, Anne Weissbach   +13 more
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Comparative study evaluating efficacy of sufentanil versus midazolam in preventing myoclonic movements following etomidate

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2016
Background and Aims: Myoclonus is a major side-effect following etomidate injection requiring use of medical intervention. Material and Methods: In this double-blinded clinical trial, 50 consecutive patients, randomly received sufentanil 0.2 μg/kg or ...
Mohammad Alipour, Masoumeh Tabari, Azadeh Mokhtari Azad   +2 more
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Signal transducer and activator of transcription 2 deficiency is a novel disorder of mitochondrial fission [PDF]

, 2015
Defects of mitochondrial dynamics are emerging causes of neurological disease. In two children presenting with severe neurological deterioration following viral infection we identified a novel homozygous STAT2 mutation, c.1836C4A (p.Cys612Ter), using ...
Anderson, G, Cale, CM, Chalasani, A, Chan, E, Duchen, MR, Gilmour, KC, Hambleton, S, Jacques, S, Osellame, LD, Plagnol, V, Qasim, W, Rahman, S, Shahni, R, Taanman, JW, Wadatilake, Y   +14 more
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