The movement disorder paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) is caused by abrupt voluntary movements where the disease is characterised by outbreaks of chorea that dissipate within minutes and may ...

Our one-year pediatric movement disorders fellowship is designed to prepare child neurologists to become experts in the evaluation and treatment of conditions causing unwanted involuntary movements.

Scientists have identified the gene that causes a rare childhood neurological disorder called PKD/IC, or "paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia with infantile convulsions," a cause of epilepsy in babies ...

For years, physicians have noticed surprising similarities in the factors that seem to trigger attacks in such episodic neurological disorders as migraine and dyskinesia. Common triggers include ...

Dyskinesias are rare diseases characterised by sudden, involuntary movements that can affect the whole body. Two years ago, the team of Prof. Flamand-Roze and Dr. Méneret at the Paris Brain Institute ...

Children with a rather mysterious movement disorder can have hundreds of attacks every day in which they inexplicably make sudden movements or sudden changes in the speed of their movements. New ...