Exquisite sensitivity of paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis to carbamazepine

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 1104-1106

  Wein, T ^a   Andermann, F ^b   Silver, K ^a   Dubeau, F ^c   Andermann, E ^a   Rourke Frew, F ^a   Keene, D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Children's Hosmtal of Eastern Ontario ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CARBAMAZEPINE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029834871     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.4.1104-a     Document Type: Article

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