Acetazolamide therapy improves action myoclonus in Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-124

  Baig, Shahid Masud ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

acetazolamide; action myoclonus; Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONIC CEREBELLAR DYSSYNERGIA; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR FAMILY;

EID: 0030978682     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00244-4     Document Type: Article

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