ESSENTIAL MYOCLONUS AND MYOCLONIC DYSTONIA

Authors
QUINN NP
Citation
Np. Quinn, ESSENTIAL MYOCLONUS AND MYOCLONIC DYSTONIA, Movement disorders, 11(2), 1996, pp. 119-124
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Movement disorders → ACNP
ISSN journal
08853185
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
119 - 124
Database
ISI
SICI code
0885-3185(1996)11:2<119:EMAMD>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This review explores the history and use of the terms essential myoclo nus and myoclonic dystonia. In addition, the review proposes that here ditary essential myoclonus and dominantly inherited myoclonic dystonia , with lightning jerks and dramatic response to alcohol, are the same disease, although proof of this hypothesis must come from ongoing gene tic studies.