TY - JOUR JF - MJIRI JO - Med J Islam Repub Iran VL - 18 IS - 1 PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/5/01 TI - HYPEREKPLEXIAAND EXCESSIVE STARTLE RESPONSE IN AN INFANT: A CASE REPORT TT - N2 - We present an infant girl with hyperekplexia, hypertonia, hyperreflexia and a characteristic exaggerated response to nose tap. This disorder is important to recognize because of the increased risk of apnea and sudden infant death, This infant responded to clonazepam. SP - 91 EP - 93 AU - AKHOONDIAN, J AU - JAFARZADEH, M AU - PARIZADEH, MJ AD - From the Department of Pediatrics. Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad, l.R. Iran KW - Hyperekplexia. Hypertonia. Startle UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-662-en.html ER -