myoclonic dystonia
ORPHA: 36899
Overview
dystonia characterized by myoclonic jerks affecting mostly proximal muscles and dystonia, usually torticollis or writer's cramp, that typically responds to alcohol and has onset in the first of second decade of life
Available Treatments (0)
No treatments linked yet
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Clinical Presentation
Signs and symptoms associated with myoclonic dystonia, sourced from HPO and Orphanet clinical annotations.
DystoniaMyoclonusSpinal myoclonusLimb myoclonusTorticollisDepressionCompulsive behaviorsAnxietyWriter's crampPersonality disorderPanic attack
Classification & Codes
Orphanet Code
ORPHA:36899myoclonic dystonia
| Orphanet | ORPHA:36899 |
| Treatments | 0 drug(s) |
| Symptoms on record | 11 signs |
| Status | published |
Factual Authority
Last Updated3/20/2026
Clinical DataHPO · Orphanet
Drug DataFDA · EMA · CDSCO