Kok disease

Introduction: Kok disease

Description of Kok disease

Kok disease (medical condition): A rare inherited neurological disorder characterized by...more »

See also:

Stiff baby syndrome:
  »Introduction: Stiff baby syndrome
  »Symptoms of Stiff baby syndrome

Kok disease: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Kok disease:

• MIM
• SYN
• Hyperekplexia

Kok disease: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Kok disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Kok disease, or a subtype of Kok disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Kok disease as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Kok disease as a Disease

Kok disease: Another name for Stiff baby syndrome (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Stiff baby syndrome
  »Symptoms of Stiff baby syndrome

Kok disease: Related Diseases

Kok disease: Kok disease is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Genetic conditions
• Muscle conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Movement conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions

Symptoms of Kok disease (Stiff baby syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Kok disease incude:

• Increased infant muscle tone which abated during sleep
• Exaggerated startle response later in life
• Jerking on falling asleep
• Episodes of body stiffness
• Involuntary myoclonus

See full list of 15 symptoms of Kok disease (Stiff baby syndrome)

Terms associated with Kok disease:

Terms Similar to Kok disease:

• Hyperexplexia
• Familial startle disease
• Hyperekplexia

Source: Diseases Database

• Stiff baby syndrome
• Hyperexplexia hereditary
• Congenital stiff person syndrome
• Exagerrated startle reflex
• Familial startle disease

Source - NIH

External links related to: Kok disease

• OMIM - HYPEREXPLEXIA, HEREDITARY

Source: Diseases Database

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