Speech-activated Myoclonus Mimicking Stuttering in a Patient with Myoclonus–Dystonia Syndrome

BACKGROUND: Acquired neurogenic stuttering has been considered a fairly uncommon clinical occurrence; speech-activated myoclonus is a rare entity that can mimic stuttering and is caused by a wide array of etiologies. CASE REPORT: Here we report a patient with myoclonus–dystonia syndrome (MDS), due t...

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Autores principales: Isaacs, David A., Hedera, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2016
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27441098
http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8J966FP
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description BACKGROUND: Acquired neurogenic stuttering has been considered a fairly uncommon clinical occurrence; speech-activated myoclonus is a rare entity that can mimic stuttering and is caused by a wide array of etiologies. CASE REPORT: Here we report a patient with myoclonus–dystonia syndrome (MDS), due to an identified disease-causing mutation, who displayed speech-activated myoclonus mimicking stuttering. DISCUSSION: In MDS, myoclonus has only infrequently been reported to affect speech. This case further expands the spectrum of conditions causing the rare clinical phenomenon of speech-activated myoclonus.
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spelling pubmed-49306282016-07-20 Speech-activated Myoclonus Mimicking Stuttering in a Patient with Myoclonus–Dystonia Syndrome Isaacs, David A. Hedera, Peter Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) Case Reports BACKGROUND: Acquired neurogenic stuttering has been considered a fairly uncommon clinical occurrence; speech-activated myoclonus is a rare entity that can mimic stuttering and is caused by a wide array of etiologies. CASE REPORT: Here we report a patient with myoclonus–dystonia syndrome (MDS), due to an identified disease-causing mutation, who displayed speech-activated myoclonus mimicking stuttering. DISCUSSION: In MDS, myoclonus has only infrequently been reported to affect speech. This case further expands the spectrum of conditions causing the rare clinical phenomenon of speech-activated myoclonus. Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2016-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4930628/ /pubmed/27441098 http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8J966FP Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–Noncommerical–No Derivatives License, which permits the user to copy, distribute, and transmit the work provided that the original author and source are credited; that no commercial use is made of the work; and that the work is not altered or transformed.
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title_full Speech-activated Myoclonus Mimicking Stuttering in a Patient with Myoclonus–Dystonia Syndrome
title_fullStr Speech-activated Myoclonus Mimicking Stuttering in a Patient with Myoclonus–Dystonia Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Speech-activated Myoclonus Mimicking Stuttering in a Patient with Myoclonus–Dystonia Syndrome
title_short Speech-activated Myoclonus Mimicking Stuttering in a Patient with Myoclonus–Dystonia Syndrome
title_sort speech-activated myoclonus mimicking stuttering in a patient with myoclonus–dystonia syndrome
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27441098
http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8J966FP
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