Word: myoclonus
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Other disorders the lab deals with include nocturnal epilepsy (seizures only at night); nocturnal myoclonus (jerking of the legs during sleep) and narcolepsy...
...series of seizures that left her with uncontrollable tremors, an inability to use her arms and legs or even hold her head upright. Two years and many doctors later, Dr. Melvin Van Woert of New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital identified the condition that ended her career: myoclonus, a nervous disorder that affects only 2,000 Americans. Van Woert had received a series of grants and special permission from the FDA to treat the disease with the experimental drug L-5HTP (L5-hydroxy-tryptophan), and Dobkin responded well to it. Within eight months she was able to walk...
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