Palatal myoclonus and unusual MRI findings in a patient with membranous lipodystrophy

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-63

  Malandrini, Alessandro ^a   Scarpini, Chiara ^a   Palmeri, Silvia ^a   Villanova, Marcello ^a   Parrotta, Emma ^a   Tripodi, Sergio ^a   Giani, Sergio ^a   DeFalco, Danilo ^a   Guazzi, Gian Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dentate calcification; Membranocystic structures; Membranous lipodystrophy; Nasu Hakola disease; Palatal myoclonus; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CYST; BONE DYSPLASIA; CARPAL BONE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS LIPODYSTROPHY; MENTAL DISEASE; METACARPAL BONE; MINERALIZATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPENIA; SEIZURE; SKIN BIOPSY; TARSAL BONE;

EID: 0030020522     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(95)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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