The spectrum of cortical myoclonus: From focal reflex jerks to spontaneous motor epilepsy

Brain

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 193-224

  Obeso, Jose A ^a,b   Rothwell, C ^a,b   Marsden, C D ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLES; MYOCLONUS; REFLEX; REFLEX, STRETCH; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISION;

EID: 0021928687     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/108.1.193     Document Type: Article

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