Paroxysmal staring and masticatory automatisms during postural hypotension in a patient with multiple system atrophy

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 690-693

  Iani, Cesare ^a   Attanasio, Antonio ^b   Manfredi, Mario ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Masticatory automatisms; Multiple system atrophy; Partial complex seizures; Postural hypotension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AUTOMATISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029980031     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00635.x     Document Type: Article

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