Myoclonic Dystonie
The myoclonic dystonie is a genetic disease associating of the short and fast muscular contractions (myoclonie) involving abnormal movements and/or movements of torsion leading to postural anomalies (dystonie).
The age of beginning of the disease is late childhood or adolescence but can start between 6 months of life and 38 ans.
The abnormal movements imply the neck, the trunk and the upper limbs. The lower extremities are seldom implied. Half of the patients of feel sorry for of writer'ss cramp or stiff neck.
The principal disorders are in fact of the psychiatric disorders with type of depression, anxiety, compulsives obsessional Troubles and of the attacks of panique.
The majority of the disorders disappear at the time of ingestion of alcohol. The disease is compatible with a normal life and the lifespan is not reduced.
Sources
- Deborah Raymond, Laurie Ozelius, Myoclonus-Dystonia In GeneTests: Medical Genetics Information Resource (database online). Copyright, University off Washington, Seattle. 1993-2005
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