Essential myoclonus and myoclonic dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Quinn, Niall P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hereditary, essential myoclonus; Hereditary, myoclonic dystonia

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ALCOHOL; BENZATROPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; METHYSERGIDE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PIMOZIDE; PIRACETAM; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL; RESERPINE; TETRABENAZINE; VALPROIC ACID;

DYSTONIA; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0029882099     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870110202     Document Type: Review

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