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Case Reports
. 2019 Apr 4;6(4):320-323.
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12753. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Stimulus Sensitive Foot Myoclonus: A Clue to Coeliac Disease

Silvia Jesús  1   2   3 , Anna Latorre  1   4 , Angel Vinuela  5 , Stanley Fahn  5 , Kailash P Bhatia  1 , Bettina Balint  1   6
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Case Reports

Stimulus Sensitive Foot Myoclonus: A Clue to Coeliac Disease

Silvia Jesús et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. .

Abstract

Background: Coeliac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy that may feature extraintestinal manifestations including cerebellar ataxia and myoclonus.

Methods and results: A descriptive series of five patients with CD who presented with prominent stimulus-sensitive foot myoclonus.

Conclusions: Stimulus-sensitive foot myoclonus is a distinct clinical sign and may be a useful clue to the diagnosis of CD.

Keywords: coeliac disease; focal myoclonus; stimulus‐sensitive.

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