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Case Reports
. 2019 Feb 18:9:625.
doi: 10.7916/3qs5-cv76. eCollection 2019.

Inspiratory Myoclonus

Marieke C J Dekker  1 , Kajiru G Kilonzo  1 , William P Howlett  1 , Mark Guttman  2 , Esther Cubo  3
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Case Reports

Inspiratory Myoclonus

Marieke C J Dekker et al. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). .

Abstract

Background: Movement disorders of respiration are rare and are restricted to a phase of the respiratory cycle.

Phenomenology shown: The intermittent inspiratory myoclonus in this patient with post-anoxic encephalopathy is likely to be of brainstem origin.

Educational value: Rare movement disorders can be identified even in remote areas of the world where access to neurological care is limited.

Keywords: Inspiratory; Tanzania; diaphragmatic; myoclonus; post-anoxic encephalopathy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding: None. Conflicts of Interest: The authors report no conflict of interest. Ethics Statement: All patients that appear on video have provided written informed consent; authorization for the videotaping and for publication of the videotape was provided.

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