TY - JOUR
T1 - Infantile hypotonia and paroxysmal dystonia
T2 - A variant of alternating hemiplegia of childhood?
AU - Andermann, Frederick
AU - Ohtahara, Shunsuke
AU - Andermann, Eva
AU - Camfield, Peter
AU - Kobayashi, Katsuhiro
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - We report 2 children with early onset of hypotonia and frequent episodes of paroxysmal dystonia. The episodes were abolished even by brief naps. One of the children developed alternating hemiplegia in the second decade. These children seem to have a variant of the now well‐recognized syndrome of alternating hemiplegia of childhood. In that disorder, episodes of alternating hemiplegia develop before the age of 18 months. This syndrome must be considered in the differential diagnosis of paroxysmal dystonia in childhood.
AB - We report 2 children with early onset of hypotonia and frequent episodes of paroxysmal dystonia. The episodes were abolished even by brief naps. One of the children developed alternating hemiplegia in the second decade. These children seem to have a variant of the now well‐recognized syndrome of alternating hemiplegia of childhood. In that disorder, episodes of alternating hemiplegia develop before the age of 18 months. This syndrome must be considered in the differential diagnosis of paroxysmal dystonia in childhood.
KW - Dystonia, paroxysmal, childhood
KW - Hemiplegia, childhood
KW - Hypotonia, childhood
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U2 - 10.1002/mds.870090219
DO - 10.1002/mds.870090219
M3 - Article
C2 - 8196689
AN - SCOPUS:0028218346
SN - 0885-3185
VL - 9
SP - 227
EP - 229
JO - Movement Disorders
JF - Movement Disorders
IS - 2
ER -