Kufs' disease presenting as late-onset epilepsia partialis continua

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1180-1182

  Gambardella, Antonio ^a,b,d   Pasquinelli, G ^c   Cittadella, R ^b   Bono, F ^a   Oliveri, R L ^a,b   Valentino, P ^a   Zappia, M ^a   Quattrone, A ^a,b   Aguglia, U ^a  

^a School of Medicine of Catanzaro   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KUFS DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0031693609     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.4.1180     Document Type: Article

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