A randomised crossover trial shows that zonisamide significantly improves motor symptoms and related disability in adults with myoclonus dystonia. Myoclonus dystonia is very rare, and Marie Vidailhet ...

Classifying the many different forms of myoclonus is difficult because the causes, effects, and responses to therapy vary widely. Listed below are the types most commonly described. Action myoclonus ...

Dyskinesia is a state in which someone experiences involuntary movements. Chorea is a type of dyskinesia. Other types of dyskinesia include tics, myoclonus, dystonia, and akathisia. There are ...

Yasmina McGlone, 25, suffers from involuntary muscle spasms – myoclonus dystonia (Picture: Caters) A woman who has lived with a debilitating involuntary jerk since she was a child has revealed how she ...

DBS represents a major therapeutic advance for dystonia. However, dystonia consist of a very heterogeneous group of entities, which do not respond to DBS to the same extent. Recognized 'good' ...

A young woman has revealed she would go on massive booze-fuelled benders to hide her involuntary muscle spasms. Yasmina McGlone was diagnosed with rare disorder myoclonus dystonia when she was just ...

Despite a diagnosis of Myoclonus Dystonia, a neurological movement disorder, 16-year-old Spencer Clough is a snowboard cross gold medallist and Paralympian hopeful, who is also a cross-country runner, ...

A SCOTS beauty who was unable to find love because of a mystery jerk has revealed how she would binge on at least 15 drinks a night to hide the involuntary muscle spasms. At age 18, Yasmina McGlone ...