Hyperekplexia; Response to Clonazepam

Abstract

Sixteen patients, including 1 neonate, in a large 5 generation family with hyperekplexia (startle disease or congenital stiff-man syndrome) were treated with clonazepam at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX.

Keywords

• hyperekplexia
• clonazepam
• aspiration pneumonia