Nomenclature
OMS was first described by Marcel Kinsbourne in 1962. (The term 'Opsoclonus' was coined by Orzechowski in 1913, but it was classically described and associated with neuroblastoma by Kinsbourne). Other names for OMS include:
- Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia (OMA)
- Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Ataxia (POMA)
- Kinsbourne syndrome
- Myoclonic Encephalopathy of Infants
- Dancing Eyes-Dancing Feet syndrome
- Dancing Eyes syndrome
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