RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Delayed-onset dystonia in patients with "static" encephalopathy.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 789
OP 797
DO 10.1136/jnnp.43.9.789
VO 43
IS 9
A1 Burke, R E
A1 Fahn, S
A1 Gold, A P
YR 1980
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/43/9/789.abstract
AB Eight cases of persistent dystonia appearing one to 14 years after non-progressive cerebral insults are described. Five were due to perinatal anoxia, one to trauma, and two to cerebral infarction. This phenomemon of delayed-onset dystonia has not been described previously, although review of earlier literature reveals several probable examples. Delayed-onset dystonia due to perinatal anoxia is an important diagnostic alternative to dystonia musculorum deformans for dystonia occurring in childhood.