Psychogenic movement disorders in two children.
Two schoolboys with diagnostic criteria for psychogenic movement disorder (PMD) are described: one with bizarre tremor of the right hand and a very slow and cautious gait, another with exaggerated trunk sway and collapses during standing and walking.
Ozekmekçi
Sibel
S
Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey. sibeloz@superonline.com
Apaydin
Hulya
H
Ekinci
Burçak
B
Yalçinkaya
Cengiz
C
D002648:Child; D020821:Dystonic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014743:Videotape Recording