Spinal myoclonus

Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1977, Pages 942-946

  Hoehn, Margaret M ^a   Cherington, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; TETRABENAZINE;

CERVICAL SPINE; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HERPES ZOSTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS; PNEUMOMYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD; SPONDYLITIS; THERAPY;

CASE REPORT; CLONAZEPAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCLONUS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TETRABENAZINE;

EID: 0017697987     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.27.10.942     Document Type: Article

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