Epilepsy or paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis?

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-141

  Beaumanoir, Anne ^a   Mira, Laura ^b   Van Lierde, Andrea ^c  

^a Fondazione Mariani   (Italy)

^b V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Choreoathetosis; Epilepsy; Kinesigenic

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029929412     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(95)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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