Nodding spasm

Known as: Spasms, Nodding, salaam spasms, Spasm, Nodding

The combination of pendular nystagmus, head nodding, and torticollis. [HPO:probinson, pmid:7499100]

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2010

A 9-month-old boy had a short history of “yes-yes” head bobbing (video on the Neurology ® Web site at www.neurology.org). Mild…

1994

The diagnosis of patients with rod monochromatism (RM) and blue-cone monochromatism (BCM) may be difficult. The relative…

1990

Rapid, horizontal, pendular head oscillations were observed in 18 visually impaired children with nystagmus during intense visual…

1990

Head nodding (to-and-fro turning about the vertical cervical axis) associated with abnormal eye movements may be seen in spasmus…

1986

Spasmus nutans occurs in early childhood and consists of a triad of symptoms as follows: small-amplitude, rapid, horizontal…

1985

Head turning in patients with spasmus nutans seems to transiently dampen the nystagmus. This was evident in two children by…

1984

Subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy (SNE), or Leigh's disease, is an unusual neurologic disorder that is associated with…

1977

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1936

There are two conditions that have as their most prominent, if not only, symptoms head-nodding and nystagmus: The first is…