# myoclonic dystonia

> dystonia characterized by myoclonic jerks affecting mostly proximal muscles and dystonia, usually torticollis or writer's cramp, that typically responds to alcohol and has onset in the first of second decade of life

**Wikidata**: [Q3710440](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3710440)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myoclonic_dystonia)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/myoclonic-dystonia


## References

1. Disease Ontology
2. Mutations in the gene encoding epsilon-sarcoglycan cause myoclonus-dystonia syndrome
3. BabelNet
4. [Identifiers.org](https://registry.identifiers.org/registry/doid)