Painful tonic/dystonic spasms in Sjogren's syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 860-864

  Jabbari, Bahman ^a   Salardini, Arash ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dystonia; MRI; Pain; Sjogren's syndrome; Tonic spasm

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; MYOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARM; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDNISONE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SPASM; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0032752867     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199909)14:5<860::AID-MDS1024>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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