Adult-onset subacute sclerosing panencephalitis first seen as craniocervical myoclonus

Movement Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 462-464

  Vela, L ^a   Garcia Merino, A ^a   Escamilla, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHISOPRINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0030926064     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120335     Document Type: Article

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