Article
Startle disease--hyperekplexia (two sibling cases).
Seizure - 1 Dec 1996
Altunbaşak S, Baytok V
Abstract excerpt
Two sisters aged 12 and 13 applied to our hospital with complaints of jerking tonic contraction triggered by sudden noise. Diffuse bilaterally polyspike-wave discharges appeared on waking electroencephalography and during that time a startle-induced tonic contraction was seen. Their neurological...
Topics
- Acoustic Stimulation
- Adolescent
- Child
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Electroencephalography
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Humans
- Muscle Rigidity
- Phenotype
- Reflex, Abnormal
- Reflex, Startle