Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a rare disorder with onset before 18 months of age. The earliest manifestations of AHC are recurrent bilateral attacks of hemiplegia lasting minutes to days, abnormal ocular movements, and autonomic disturbances. A characteristic feature of AHC is the disappearance of all abnormalities when the child falls asleep.
Category
Nervous system disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
21 Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified
Symptoms, signs or clinical findings of the nervous system
Symptoms or signs involving the nervous system
Paralytic symptoms
MB53 Hemiplegia
H00998 Alternating hemiplegia of childhood