Exaggerated startle in post-infectious opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome

Clin Neurophysiol. 2018 Jul;129(7):1372-1373. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.03.026. Epub 2018 Apr 13.

Authors

Daniel J Blackburn¹, Mhairi Forbes², Zoe Unwin³, Nigel Hoggard⁴, Marios Hadjivassiliou², Ptolemaios G Sarrigiannis³

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Neurology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, UK. Electronic address: d.blackburn@shef.ac.uk.
² Departments of Neurology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
³ Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
⁴ Academic Unit of Radiology, University of Sheffield, UK.

PMID: 29729591
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.03.026

No abstract available

Keywords: Cerebellum; Myoclonus; Opsoclonus; Startle.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Communicable Diseases / complications*
Communicable Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Communicable Diseases / physiopathology*
Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / physiology
Humans
Male
Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome / etiology*
Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome / physiopathology*
Reflex, Startle / physiology*