Author/Authors :
Zhou, Jue-qian Department of Neurology - The First Affiliated Hospital - Sun Yat-sen University - Guangzhou, China , Zhou, Lie-min Department of Neurology - The First Affiliated Hospital - Sun Yat-sen University - Guangzhou, China , Fang, Zi-yan Department of Neurology - The First Affiliated Hospital - Sun Yat-sen University - Guangzhou, China , Wang, Qian Department of Neurology - The First Affiliated Hospital - Sun Yat-sen University - Guangzhou, China , Chen, Zi-yi Department of Neurology - The First Affiliated Hospital - Sun Yat-sen University - Guangzhou, China , Yang, Li-bai Department of Neurology - The First Affiliated Hospital - Sun Yat-sen University - Guangzhou, China , Chen, Su-da Department of Neurology - The First Affiliated Hospital - Sun Yat-sen University - Guangzhou, China , Cai, Xiao-dong Department of Neurology - The First Affiliated Hospital - Sun Yat-sen University - Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
The classification, clinical and electrophysiological characteristics, treatment outcome and pathogenesis of paroxysmal
dyskinesia were summarized and analyzed. Paroxysmal dyskinesia was classified into three types. Different types had
different incentives in clinical practice. Patients were mostly male adolescents, and the attacks, which were in various
forms, manifested as dysmyotonia of choreoathetosis, body torsion and facemaking; no disturbance of consciousness
during attacks. Electroencephalogram and other examinations showed no specific abnormalities during both the attacks
and interictal period. Paroxysmal dyskinesia was an independent disease and different from epilepsy.
