Cortical reflex myoclonus in Rett syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 472-479

  Guerrini, Renzo ^a,c   Bonanni, Paolo ^a   Parmeggiani, Lucio ^a   Santucci, Margherita ^b   Parmeggiani, Antonia ^b   Sartucci, Ferdinando ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MEDIAN NERVE; MYOCLONUS; PIRACETAM; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; RETT SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031799988     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430410     Document Type: Article

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