HYPEREKPLEXIA, A CAUSE OF NEONATAL APNEA - A CASE-REPORT

We report a case of non-familial hyperekplexia which characteristicall y developed apnea and feeding difficulties in the neonatal period, The abnormal startle response was evident from the second week of life on wards, The infant showed a marked improvement of the startle response and muscle hypertonia with clonazepam, Clobazam was also tried with no apparent response. A prominent long latency C response was observed o n EMG examination, suggesting a possible cortical neuronal hyperexcita bility origin for the abnormal startle response observed in hyperekple xia.