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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct 28:2011:bcr0920114834.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.09.2011.4834.

Opsoclonus-Myoclonus syndrome

Marta Esteves Guedes  1 , Ana Catarina Almeida, Maria Sara Patricio, João Marques Costa
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Case Reports

Opsoclonus-Myoclonus syndrome

Marta Esteves Guedes et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Competing interests None.

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Opsoclonus-Myoclonus video: high amplitude multidirectional and irregular saccadic intrusions, without interssaccadic latency, exacerbated by bright light stimuli and reduced by convergence. Vestibulo-ocular reflex and opto-kinetic nystagmus are present. We can see concomitant cervical axial musculature myoclonus.
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