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Intention myoclonus

MedGen UID:
43915
•Concept ID:
C0021712
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Intention Myoclonus; Myoclonus, Intention
SNOMED CT: Intention myoclonus (27572006)

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PubMed

Fluoxetine in the treatment of intention myoclonus.
Van Woert MH, Magnussen I, Rosenbaum D, Chung E
Clin Neuropharmacol 1983 Mar;6(1):49-54. doi: 10.1097/00002826-198303000-00005. PMID: 6189599
L-5-hydroxytryptophan in treatment of several different syndromes in which myoclonus is prominent.
Growdon JH, Young RR, Shahani BT
Neurology 1976 Dec;26(12):1135-40. doi: 10.1212/wnl.26.12.1135. PMID: 1086988
Intention myoclonus--diazepam and phenobarbital treatment.
Rosen AD, Berenyi KJ, Laurenceau V
JAMA 1969 Aug 4;209(5):772-3. doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160180118020. PMID: 5819461

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Therapy

Fluoxetine: a serotonin-specific, second-generation antidepressant.
Sommi RW, Crismon ML, Bowden CL
Pharmacotherapy 1987 Jan-Feb;7(1):1-15. doi: 10.1002/j.1875-9114.1987.tb03496.x. PMID: 3554156
Long-term therapy of myoclonus and other neurologic disorders with L-5-hydroxytryptophan and carbidopa.
Van Woert MH, Rosenbaum D, Howieson J, Bowers MB Jr
N Engl J Med 1977 Jan 13;296(2):70-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197701132960203. PMID: 401457
Serotonin and myoclonus.
Van Woert MH, Jutkowitz R, Rosenbaum D, Bowers MB Jr
Monogr Neural Sci 1976;3:71-80. PMID: 790170
Therapy of intention myoclonus with L-5-hydroxytryptophan and a peripheral decarboxylase inhibitor, MK 486.
Van Woert MH, Sethy VH
Neurology 1975 Feb;25(2):135-40. doi: 10.1212/wnl.25.2.135. PMID: 1078720
Intention myoclonus--diazepam and phenobarbital treatment.
Rosen AD, Berenyi KJ, Laurenceau V
JAMA 1969 Aug 4;209(5):772-3. doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160180118020. PMID: 5819461

Prognosis

Myoclonus after cardiac arrest: pitfalls in diagnosis and prognosis.
English WA, Giffin NJ, Nolan JP
Anaesthesia 2009 Aug;64(8):908-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05939.x. PMID: 19604197
Posthypoxic myoclonus in intensive care.
Miró O, Chamorro A, del Mar Lluch M, Nadal P, Millá J, Urbano-Márquez A
Eur J Emerg Med 1994 Sep;1(3):120-2. PMID: 9422152
Intention myoclonus of multiple sclerosis, its patho-anatomical basis and its stereotactic relief.
Hassler R, Bronisch F, Mundinger F, Riechert T
Neurochirurgia (Stuttg) 1975 May;18(3):90-106. doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1090435. PMID: 1101094
Stereotactic treatment of action myoclonus in a case of combined status marmoratus and multiple sclerosis. A contribution to the pathophysiology of basal ganglia with multiple lesions in both the striatum and the substantia nigra.
Hassler R, Schmidt K, Riechert T, Mundinger F
Confin Neurol 1975;37(4):329-56. PMID: 1097175

Clinical prediction guides

Myoclonus after cardiac arrest: pitfalls in diagnosis and prognosis.
English WA, Giffin NJ, Nolan JP
Anaesthesia 2009 Aug;64(8):908-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05939.x. PMID: 19604197
Tizanidine for the treatment of intention myoclonus: a case series.
Mukand JA, Giunti EJ
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004 Jul;85(7):1125-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.09.006. PMID: 15241762
The metabolic topography of posthypoxic myoclonus.
Frucht SJ, Trost M, Ma Y, Eidelberg D
Neurology 2004 May 25;62(10):1879-81. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000125336.05001.23. PMID: 15159501
Post-hypoxic action (intention) myoclonus: a clinico-electroencephalographic study.
Witte OW, Niedermeyer E, Arendt G, Freund HJ
J Neurol 1988 Mar;235(4):214-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00314349. PMID: 3373239
Sialidosis type 1: cherry red spot-myoclonus syndrome with sialidase deficiency and altered electrophoretic mobility of some enzymes known to be glycoproteins. II. Enzymes studies.
Swallow DM, Evans L, Stewart G, Thomas PK, Abrams JD
Ann Hum Genet 1979 Jul;43(1):27-35. PMID: 496393

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