Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a rare disorder that usually begins in infancy. It shows intermittent episodes of paralysis and stiffness, first affecting affecting one side of the body, then the other. Symptoms mysteriously appear and disappear, again and again, and affected children often experience dozens of episodes per week. As they get older, children fall progressively behind their peers in both intellectual abilities and motor skills, and ...Thursday, 2 August 2012
Gene Mutations Linked to Most Cases of Rare Disorder: Alternating Hemoplegia of Childhood
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a rare disorder that usually begins in infancy. It shows intermittent episodes of paralysis and stiffness, first affecting affecting one side of the body, then the other. Symptoms mysteriously appear and disappear, again and again, and affected children often experience dozens of episodes per week. As they get older, children fall progressively behind their peers in both intellectual abilities and motor skills, and ...
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