title: [Hyperexplexia: the startle disease].
abstract: A case of hyperexplexia is reported in a newborn. Hyperexplexia or "startle disease" is very uncommon and is of autosomal dominant transmission. Clinical features consist in particular physical features during the neonatal period and subsequently in an abnormal startle reaction; the electromyogram shows particular patterns.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beyrouth, Liban.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Melki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rizkallah
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akatcherian
mesh_terms: D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009122:Muscle Hypertonia / Q000151:congenital* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013216:Reflex, Startle
vernacular_title: L'hyperexplexia: la "maladie du sursaut".