Propriospinal myoclonus: A neurophysiologic analysis

Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 1591-1595

  Chokroverty, S ^a,b   Walters, A ^a,b   Zimmerman, T ^a,b   Picone, M ^a,b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; THORAX;

AGED; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERONEAL NERVE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0026722553     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.8.1591     Document Type: Article

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