Basal ganglia arteriovenous malformation presenting as 'writer's cramp'

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 285-287

  Kurita, Hiroki ^a   Sasaki, Tomio ^a   Suzuki, Ichiro ^a   Kirino, Takaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM); Basal ganglia; Symptomatic focal dystonia; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE CRAMP;

EID: 0031816101     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050227     Document Type: Article

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