Segmental facial myoclonus in Moebius syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1021-1024

  Bonanni, Paolo ^a   Guerrini, Renzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Moebius syndrome; Segmental facial myoclonus; Structural lesion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EYEBROW; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCLONUS; NERVE PARALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; UPPER LIP;

CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MOBIUS SYNDROME; MYOCLONUS; PONS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032700980     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199911)14:6<1021::AID-MDS1019>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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