Akshata Huddar, P. Govindaraj, Shwetha Chiplunkar, M. Nagappa, A. Taly, B. P. Sankaran
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Abstract
A 2-year-old boy, born at term to healthy unrelated parents after an uncomplicated pregnancy, presented with recurrent daily episodes of dystonia (3-4/day)since 1-and-half years of age. Episodes consisted of generalized dystonia precipitated by fever, walking or other minor motor activity, occurring multiple times per day, lasting for about 30 to 60minutes, without any diurnal variation. The patient had normal development. Neurological examination in between the episodes revealed normal cranial nerves, power, tone
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The Journal of Pediatric Neurology is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed medical journal publishing articles in the fields of childhood neurology, pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric neuroradiology, child psychiatry and pediatric neuroscience. The Journal of Pediatric Neurology, the official journal of the Society of Pediatric Science of the Yüzüncü Yil University in Turkiye, encourages submissions from authors throughout the world. The following articles will be considered for publication: editorials, original and review articles, rapid communications, case reports, neuroimage of the month, letters to the editor and book reviews.