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Abstract
A neurological condition that is characterized by uncontrolled rapid irregular movements of the eye (OPSOCLONUS) and the muscle (MYOCLONUS) causing unsteady, trembling gait. It is also known as dancing eyes-dancing feet syndrome and is often associated with neoplasms, viral infections, or autoimmune disorders involving the nervous system.
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- Dancing Eyes, Dancing Feet Syndrome
- Dancing Eyes-Dancing Feet Syndrome
- Opsoclonus Myoclonus Ataxia
- Dancing Eyes Dancing Feet Syndrome
- Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome
- Kinsbourne Syndrome
- Myoclonic Encephalopathy of Infants
- Opsoclonus Myoclonus
- Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Ataxia
- Infants Myoclonic Encephalopathies
- Infants Myoclonic Encephalopathy
- Myoclonus, Opsoclonus
- Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus Myoclonus Ataxia
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2007; use PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM 2000-2006
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Previous Indexing
- Eye Movements (1971-1990)
- Myoclonus (1971-2000)
- Ocular Motility Disorders (1991-1999)
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System (2000-2006)
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- National Library of Medicine. Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053578. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053578
- Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opsoclonus_myoclonus_syndrome
- Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1424706