GM1 GANGLIOSIDOSIS TYPE-3 WITH SEVERE JAW-CLOSING IMPAIRMENT

Authors
HIRAYAMA M KITAGAWA Y YAMAMOTO S TOKUDA A MUTOH T HAMANO T AITA T KURIYAMA M
Citation
M. Hirayama et al., GM1 GANGLIOSIDOSIS TYPE-3 WITH SEVERE JAW-CLOSING IMPAIRMENT, Journal of the neurological sciences, 152(1), 1997, pp. 99-101
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Journal of the neurological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022510X
Volume
152
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
99 - 101
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-510X(1997)152:1<99:GGTWSJ>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The patient had adult GM1 gangliosidosis (type 3) with severe impairme nt of mastication caused by dystonia of anterior digastric muscles (ja w-opener) on clenching. This is the first report on jaw dystonia sever e enough to cause the masticatory impairment in adult GM1 gangliosidos is. The discordance of closing and opening muscles during mastication might be caused by a basal ganglia lesion in this disease. (C) 1997 El sevier Science BN.