Physiologic analysis of the myoclonus of alzheimer’s disease

Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1984, Pages 898-903

  Wilkins, D E ^a,d   Hallett, M ^a,d   Berardelli, A ^a,d   Walshe, T ^b,d   Alvarez, N ^c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Wrentham State Hospital ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN POTENTIAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; MYOCLONUS; TRISOMY 21;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 0021274555     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.34.7.898     Document Type: Article

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