DROP EPISODES IN COFFIN-LOWRY-SYNDROME - EXAGGERATED STARTLE RESPONSES TREATED WITH CLONAZEPAM

Authors
NAKAMURA M YAMAGATA T MOMOI MY YAMAZAKI T
Citation
M. Nakamura et al., DROP EPISODES IN COFFIN-LOWRY-SYNDROME - EXAGGERATED STARTLE RESPONSES TREATED WITH CLONAZEPAM, Pediatric neurology, 19(2), 1998, pp. 148-150
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08878994
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
148 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-8994(1998)19:2<148:DEIC-E>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 16-year-old girl had fully manifested Coffin-Lowry syndrome and drop episodes. Her drop episodes were precipitated by sudden unexpected ta ctile or auditory stimuli associated with the electrostatic circumstan ces in her leg muscles immediately after the stimuli, Studies revealed that her drop episode symptom was an unusual type of startle response and that it map be associated with Coffin-Lowry syndrome, (C) 1998 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.