Parainfectious opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome: high dose intravenous immunoglobulins are effective
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Opsoclonus-Myoclonus syndrome.
1 of 1 DESCRIPTION Opsoclonus-Myoclonus syndrome is a rare dyskinesia due to an underlying infectious, metabolic or neoplastic process. 1 It is frequently caused by neuroblastoma in children and breast or lung carcinoma in adults. It is characterised by high amplitude, multidirectional, arrhythmic and conjugate ocular saccadic intrusions without intersaccadic latency causing oscillopsia 2 and i...
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Opsoclonus-myoclonus is a pervasive neurological syndrome of children and adults. Although rare, it raises important clinical and neurobiological issues. This article provides an overview of the clinical and laboratory features, differential diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of opsoclonus-myoclonus. It pursues immunologic, genetic, electrophysiologic, neurochemical, and other clues to a pharmac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.2.279