Ophthalmoplegia and leg myorhythmia in Whipple's disease: Report of a case

Movement Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-114

  Rajput, A H ^a,b   McHattie, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Myorhythmia; Ophthalmoplegia; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLONAZEPAM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; LORAZEPAM; PENICILLIN G; PROPRANOLOL; RIFAMPICIN; SELEGILINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; VALPROIC ACID; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0031036709     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120120     Document Type: Article

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