Spinal myoclonus which appeared during the administration of alpha interferon

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 316-320

  Kano, Satoko ^a,b   Kamoshita, Hiroshi ^a   Kawaguchi, Naoki ^a   Asahina, Mayumi ^a,c   Hirayama, Keizo ^a  

^a JR Tokyo General Hospital   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Jerk locked back averaging; Spinal myoclonus; interferon ( IFN)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; SPINE DISEASE;

EID: 0032973793     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Baron S, Tyring SK, Fleischmann WR Jr, et al : The interferons Mechanisms of action and clinical applications. JAMA 266 : 1375-1383, 1991
2. Cudillo L, Cantonetti M, Venditti A, et al : Peripheral polyneuropathy during treatment with alpha-2 interferon. Hematologica 75 : 485-486,1990
3. Shakil AO, Di Bisceglie AM, Hoofnagle JH : Seizures during alpha interferon therapy. J Hepatol 24 : 48-51, 1996
4. Janssen HLA, Berk L, Vermeuren M, et al : Seizures associated with low-dose α-interferon. Lancet 336 : 1580, 1990
5. Smedley H, Katrak M, Sikora K, et al : Neurological effects of recombinant human interferon. Br Med J Clin Res Ed 286 : 262-264, 1983
6. Meyers CA, Scheibel RS, Forman AD : Persistent neurotoxicity of systemically administered interferon-alpha Neurology 41 : 672-676, 1991
7. Adams F, Quesada JR, Gutterman JU : Neuropsychiatric manifestations of human leukocyte interferon therapy in patients with cancer. JAMA 252 : 938-941, 1984
8. Lugaresi E, Coccagna G, Mantovani M, et al : The evolution of different types of myoclonus during sleep. A polygraphic study. Eur Neurol 4 : 321-331, 1970
9. Jankovic J, Pardo R, Segmental myoclonus. Clinical and pharmacologic study. Arch Neurol 43 : 1025-1031, 1986
10. Hopkins AP, Michael WF : Spinal myoclonus J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 37 : 1112-1115, 1974
11. Nohl M, Doose H, Gross-Selbeck G, et al : Spinal myoclonus. Eur Neurol 17 : 129-135, 1978
12. Espinar-Sierra J, Vela-Bueno A, Luque-Otero M : Periodic leg movements in sleep in essential hypertension. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 51 : 103-107, 1997
13. Symonds CP : Nocturnal myoclonus. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 16 : 166-171, 1953
14. Shibasaki H, Motomura S, Yamashita Y, et al : Periodic synchronous discharge and myoclonus in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease : diagnostic application of jerk-locked averaging method. Ann Neurol 9 : 150-156, 1981
15. Calvet MC, Gresser I : Interferon enhances the excitability of cultured neurones. Nature 278 : 558-560, 1979