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12889087

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
Propriospinal myoclonus is an uncommon form of spinal myoclonus propagated, presumably, by slowly conducting polysynaptic intraspinal pathways. Although most patients demonstrate no clear etiology, a variety of disorders have been linked to this abnormal movement, including trauma, multiple sclerosis, tumors, and infectious disorders such as herpes zoster, human immunodeficiency virus, and Lyme disease. We describe 2 young male patients from the same town in Northern Ontario, Canada, exposed to an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from contaminated municipal water, who developed identical clinical and electrophysiological features suggestive of a rhythmic form of propriospinal myoclonus with activity alternating between abdominal and paraspinal muscles. A toxin-mediated microvascular thrombosis is proposed as a possible pathogenic mechanism underlying this novel association.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0885-3185
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 Movement Disorder Society
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
942-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Unique form of propriospinal myoclonus as a possible complication of an enteropathogenic toxin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, The Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports