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akinetic mutism |
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mutism /mu·tism/ (mu´tizm) inability or refusal to speak. akinetic mutism a state in which the person can make no spontaneous movement or vocal sound; it often may be caused by a lesion in the third ventricle or be psychogenic. Called also abulia. selective mutism a mental disorder of childhood characterized by continuous refusal to speak in social situations by a child who is able and willing to speak to selected persons.
akinetic mutism, a state of apparent alertness in which a person is unable or refuses to move or to make sounds, resulting from a neurologic or psychologic disturbance. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To ascertain the clinical features of prion diseases, we analyzed
the patient's age at onset and duration of disease course, which
was calculated as the interval between the onset and the appearance of
the akinetic mutism state or death in the patients who died without
akinetic mutism. Symptoms include nausea, headache, weakness,
irritability, confusion, visual disturbances, parkinsonism, persistent
vegetative state, akinetic mutism, agnosia, apraxia, confabulation,
depression, delirium, and psychosis (8). Masters
proposed that probable CJD may be diagnosed in patients with rapidly
progressive dementia, biphasic or triphasic waves on EEG, and at least
two of myoclonus, visual or cerebellar symptoms, pyramidal or
extrapyramidal signs, and akinetic mutism (14). |
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