Overview and classification of myoclonus

Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 189-192

  Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

classification; definition; myoclonus; pathophysiology; treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; MYOCLONUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 0029493580     PISSN: 10656766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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