Generalized reflex myoclonus in a patient with alcohol-sensitive spontaneous myoclonus and an abnormal gait

Mov Disord. 1990;5(1):85-8. doi: 10.1002/mds.870050120.

Abstract

A patient with alcohol-sensitive spontaneous, action- and stimulus-sensitive generalized reflex myoclonus is reported. Gait was abnormal but could not be clearly classified as dystonic. No other neurological abnormality was present. The possible relationship between alcohol-sensitive myoclonic dystonia and this case is discussed. Reflex myoclonus may serve as an additional clinical marker in the study of families with alcohol-sensitive myoclonus, dystonia, or both.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ethanol / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Movement Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Movement Disorders / physiopathology
  • Myoclonus / drug therapy*
  • Myoclonus / physiopathology

Substances

  • Ethanol