Familial cortical tremor, epilepsy, and mental retardation: A distinct clinical entity?

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1569-1573

  Elia, Maurizio ^a   Musumeci, Sebastiano A ^a   Ferri, Raffaele ^a   Scuderi, Carmela ^a   Del Gracco, Stefano ^a   Bottitta, Maria ^a   Michelucci, Roberto ^b   Tassinari, Carlo Alberto ^b  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SPIKE;

EID: 0031678487     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.12.1569     Document Type: Article

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