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Jumping Frenchmen of Maine is a rare disorder originally described by G. M. Beard in 1878. It results in an exaggerated "startle" reflex, and was first noted among related French-Canadian lumberjacks in the Moosehead Lake area of Maine. It is not clear if the disorder is neurological or psychological.
The interest sparked by Beard's publication about the disease inspired Georges Gilles de la Tourette to investigate what later became known as Tourette's syndrome.
OMIM 244100 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=244100)
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