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Nodding spasm

Known as: Spasms, Nodding, salaam spasms, Spasm, Nodding 
The combination of pendular nystagmus, head nodding, and torticollis. [HPO:probinson, pmid:7499100]
National Institutes of Health

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Jackknife SeizuresStereotypic Movement Disorderspasmus nutans

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Review
2003
Review
2003
Tremor in children.
2000
2000
Electroretinography is necessary for spasmus nutans diagnosis.
Review
1995
Review
1995
Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Presenting With Features of Spasmus Nutans
References 1. Balk R, Hiller C, Lucas EA, et al: Sleep apnea and the Arnold Chiari malformation. Am Rev Respir Dis 1985;132:929… 
1994
1994
Eye and head movements in patients with achromatopsia
The diagnosis of patients with rod monochromatism (RM) and blue-cone monochromatism (BCM) may be difficult. The relative… 
1990
1990
Head Shaking By Visually Impaired Children: A Voluntary Neurovisual Adaptation Which Can Be Confused With Spasmus Nutans
Rapid, horizontal, pendular head oscillations were observed in 18 visually impaired children with nystagmus during intense visual… 
1986
1986
Spasmus nutans. A benign clinical entity?
Spasmus nutans occurs in early childhood and consists of a triad of symptoms as follows: small-amplitude, rapid, horizontal… 
1984
1984
Leigh's subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy manifesting as spasmus nutans.
Subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy (SNE), or Leigh's disease, is an unusual neurologic disorder that is associated with… 
1977
1977
Acute epididymoorchitis as the presenting manifestation of Hemophilus influenzae septicemia.
1970
1970
Infantile nystagmus: A prospective study of spasmus nutans, congenital nystagmus, and unclassified nystagmus of infancy
1936
1936
CONGENITAL HEAD-NODDING AND NYSTAGMUS: REPORT OF A CASE
There are two conditions that have as their most prominent, if not only, symptoms head-nodding and nystagmus: The first is… 
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