Table 1. Clinical features of EA-2 family.
Pt.no | Age | Age of onset | Trigger | Duration | Frequencies | Abdominalpain | Gait ataxia | Additional symptoms | interictal symptoms |
2 | 74 | 5 | − | several; ds | 3–4/y | + | + | slurred speech, nystagmus, myokymia,nausea and vomiting | − |
3 | 54 | 35 | emotion, sports | 6 hs | 1–2/m | − | + | dysarthria, nystagmus, blurred vision, visualfield defects, seizure, myokymia, dystonia, weakness,migraine, dizziness, nausea, vomiting,sweating | |
4 | 47 | 12 | − | mins | 1/1–4 w | + | + | dysarthria, vertigo, nausea and vomiting | + |
5 | 44 | 6–7 | − | up to 5 mins | 1/ys | + | − | nausea and vomiting | + |
6 | 39 | 7 | − | till sleep | ½–3 m | − | − | diplopia, headache, vertigo, lower extremitynumbness | + |
7 | 21 | 15 | − | 1 h | 1/2–3 d | + | + | dysarthria,diplopia,dizziness, nauseaand vomiting | |
8 | 25 | 4 | emotion, frightened sports | 3–4 hs | 1/1–2d | − | + | dysarthria,diplopia,defects of visualfield, myotonia,myokymia sometime,vertigo,weakness, dizziness, obvious rightarm tremor | + |
9 | 21 | 17 | tired | mins | 1/1–2 w | − | − | diplopia, migraine, tinnitus sometime | + |
10 | 21 | 7 | frightened, sports | till sleep | irregular | + | dysarthria, diplopia,headaches, vertigo,myokymia, tinnituspalpitation, sweat, unable to hold items | − | |
11 | 16 | 5 | − | hs | 1/y | + | + | dysarthria, weakness, migraine, nauseaand vomiting | |
12 | 16 | 13 | sports | mins | 1/m | − | − | dysarthria,diplopia, vertigo, tinnitus (low noise) | − |
Pt no = patients number; min = minute; h = hour; d = days; w = week; m = month; y = year.