opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome , OMS (Abkürzung)

It frequently occurs along with myoclonus in opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome.

Dr. Kinsbourne was the first to name and systematically describe the condition opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome, sometimes called Kinsbourne syndrome in his honor or Dancing eyes syndrome.

Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome (OMS), also known as Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia (OMA), is a rare neurological disorder of unknown causes which appears to be the result of an autoimmune process involving the nervous system.

Matthay KK, Blaes F, Hero B, et al.: Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome in neuroblastoma a report from a workshop on the dancing eyes syndrome at the advances in neuroblastoma meeting in Genoa, Italy, 2004.