Progressive myoclonus epilepsy in young adults with neuropathologic features of Alzheimer's disease

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1732-1733

  Melanson, M ^a   Nalbantoglu, J ^a   Berkovic, S ^b   Melmed, C ^a   Andermann, E ^a   Roberts, L J ^c   Carpenter, S ^a,d   Snipes, G J ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BORDERLINE STATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DYSGRAPHIA; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031457139     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.6.1732     Document Type: Article

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