Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome attributable to West Nile encephalitis: a case report
✍ Scribed by Victoria Bîrluţiu,Rareş Mircea Bîrluţiu
- Book ID
- 126379942
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 292 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1752-1947
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Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a rare disease characterized by opsoclonus, an eye movement disorder causing involuntary, chaotic saccades in all directions, and arrhythmic action myoclonus often involving the trunk, limbs, and head. 1 Cerebellar dysfunction with dysarthria and ataxia as well