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Case Reports
. 1994 Jan;9(1):98-9.
doi: 10.1002/mds.870090116.

Posttraumatic paroxysmal nocturnal hemidystonia

N Biary  1 , B Singh, Y Bahou, S M al Deeb, H Sharif
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Posttraumatic paroxysmal nocturnal hemidystonia

N Biary et al. Mov Disord. 1994 Jan.

Abstract

The term "nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia" has been used to describe patients who display paroxysmal episodes of dystonic-dyskinetic movements arising during nonrapid eye movement sleep, in particular stages 2-3 (Lugaresi E, Cirignotta F. Hypnogenic paroxysmal dystonia: epileptic seizure or a new syndrome. Sleep 1981;4: 129-138). The pathogenesis of these attacks has remained controversial. We describe a patient with posttraumatic paroxysmal nocturnal hemidystonia. Acetazolamide led to improvement.

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