Myoclonic astatic attacks in patients suffering from Parkinson's disease

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-368

  Henneberg, Alexandra E ^a   Schöll, Irma ^a   Kogan, Emanuel ^a  

^a Hospital for Parkinson's Disease   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Myoclonic attacks; Parkinson's disease; Postural reflexes; Sodium valproate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031950531     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1998.540365.x     Document Type: Article

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