Myoclonus: neurological causes

Neurodegenerative

• Lewy body disease (LBD)
• Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD)
• Multiple system atrophy (MSA)
• Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)
• Corticobasal degeneration (CBD)
• Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
• Young onset Huntington’s disease (HD)
• Dentatorubral pallidolyusian atrophy (DRPLA)

Infectious

Hereditary

Late onset asymmetric myoclonus

Other causes

References

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4. Katschnig P, Massano J, Edwards MJ, Schwingenschuh P, Cordivari C, Bhatia KP. Late-onset asymmetric myoclonus: an emerging syndrome. Mov Disord 2011; 26:1744-1748.
5. Alvarez M, Caviness JN. Primary progressive myoclonus of aging. Mov Disord 2008; 23;1658-1664.

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