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Myoclonus associated with infections: A narrative review
Annals of Movement Disorders, 2022 Different movement disorders are reported in association with infectious diseases. In addition, myoclonus can be associated with different types of viral and bacterial infections. We screened three electronic databases for cases of myoclonus as a feature
Apara Kothiala +2 more
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A clinical approach to the patients with combination of dystonia and myoclonus
Annals of Movement Disorders, 2022 Myoclonus–dystonia syndrome is one of the well-defined “combined dystonia” syndromes, now observed in many conditions, including genetic and acquired.
Anjali Chouksey, Sanjay Pandey
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Spinal Myoclonus Responding to Continuous Intrathecal Morphine Pump [PDF]
Journal of Movement Disorders, 2017 Spinal myoclonus is a sudden, brief, and involuntary movement of segmental or propriospinal muscle groups. Spinal myoclonus has occasionally been reported in patients undergoing opioid therapy, but the pathophysiology of opioid-induced myoclonus has not ...
Jung-Eun Ahn +5 more
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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2021 Background Electrophysiological techniques have been used for discriminating myoclonus from other hyperkinetic movement disorders and for classifying the myoclonus subtype.
Mohammad Abu-Hegazy +3 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2017 Pediatric-onset opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a devastating neuroinflammatory, often paraneoplastic, disorder. The objective was to characterize demographic, clinical, and immunologic aspects in the largest cohort reported to date.
Michael R. Pranzatelli +4 more
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Excessive Fragmentary Myoclonus: Case Report [PDF]
, 2015 Excessive fragmentary myoclonus is defined as a “normal variant” under the subgroup of sleep related movement disorders. It has no known clinical consequences.
Gülçin Benbir Senel +3 more
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The association between causes and electrophysiology in myoclonus: When and why electrophysiology?
Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology, 2020 Objective: We aimed to identify the possible causes of myoclonus and related electrophysiological features in a cohort of young patients. Patients and Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of all clinical and electrophysiological recordings of ...
Meral E Kiziltan +7 more
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Recurrent spinal myoclonus after two episodes of spinal anesthesia at a 1-year interval -A case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010 Spinal myoclonus is an unusual, self-limiting, adverse event that may occur during spinal anesthesia. The exact cause and underlying biochemical mechanism of spinal myoclonus remain unclear.
Jae Jun Lee +5 more
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Auricular Myoclonus: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
, 2021 Auricular myoclonus is an extremely rare disorder that manifests as involuntary semi-rhythmic movements of the auricle. We report the case of a 15-year-old female who presented to our outpatient clinics with bilateral spontaneous, uncontrolled movements ...
Christopher E. Jabbour +5 more
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Myoclonic disorders: a practical approach for diagnosis and treatment
Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 2011 Myoclonus is a sudden, brief, involuntary muscle jerk. It is caused by abrupt muscle contraction, in the case of positive myoclonus, or by sudden cessation of ongoing muscular activity, in the case of negative myoclonus (NM).
Maja Kojovic +2 more
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