See Also: pathologic startle syndromes(medicine)
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pathologic startle syndromes (medicine)


pathologic startle syndromes


A group of disorders characterised by markedly exaggerated startle reflex and other exaggerated stimulus-induced responses. Includes hyperexplexia and probably latah and the jumping Frenchman of Maine syndrome.