Electromyographic study in an infant with benign paroxysmal torticollis
Electromyographic study in an infant with benign paroxysmal torticollis
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DOI：
10.1016/s0887-8994(98)00044-7
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发表时间：
1998-09-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Nezu, A
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作者：
Kimura, S;Nezu, A
报道了一名患有婴儿期良性阵发性斜颈 (BPT) 的女性的表面肌电图 (s-EMG) 结果，该疾病的特征是 (1) 在婴儿期早期出现并自行消失的自限性病症，(2) 突然、刻板性斜颈反复发作，通常左右交替，(3) 发作通常持续数小时至数天。这种疾病的发病机制尚未确定。在患者发作期间，s-EMG 观察到与斜颈同侧的胸锁乳突肌上有持续放电，表明斜颈是一种张力障碍现象。该结果在临床上与 BPT 一致，患者应归类为婴儿期特发性阵发性肌张力障碍。 (C) 1998 年，Elsevier Science Inc. 保留所有权利。
The findings of surface electromyography (s-EMG) in a female with benign paroxysmal torticollis in infancy (BPT) are reported, This disease is characterized by (1) a self-limiting condition that appears in early infancy and disappears spontaneously, (2) recurrent episodes of sudden, stereotypic torticollis, usually alternating from side to side, and (3) episodes that usually continue for several hours to a few days. The pathogenesis of this disease has not been determined. During episodes in the patient, continuous electrical discharges over the sternocleidomastoid muscle on the same side as the torticollis were observed on s-EMG, indicating that the torticollis was a dystonic phenomenon. The findings are clinically consistent with BPT, and the patient should be categorized as having an idiopathic paroxysmal dystonia in infancy. (C) 1998 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.