Improvement of stiff-man syndrome with vigabatrin

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4 SUPPL. 5, 1997, Pages 1133-1134

  Prevett, M C ^a   Brown, P ^a   Duncan, J S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DROWSINESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

EID: 0030960702     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.4.1133-a     Document Type: Article

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