Diabetes mellitus presenting as paroxysmal kinesigenic dystonic choreoathetosis
β Scribed by John D. Clark; Rajesh Pahwa; William C. Koller; David Morales
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 368 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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Paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis (PDC) is an episodic, non-kinesogenic, extrapyramidal movement disorder. It is postulated that PDC is an ion channel disorder. We describe a sporadic case of paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis occurring after streptococcal pharyngitis. The episodes were character
## References When performing the finger-to-nose test, the amplitude of the tremor increases during the movement and is maximal when approaching the nose. Gait is ataxic; one can observe a resting tremor in the left hand and absence of hypokinesia. ## Acknowledgment: The authors thank Jan Casse