Palatal myoclonus: Report of two cases

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 58, Issue 3 B, 2000, Pages 901-904

  Fabiani, Giorgio ^a,b   Teive, Hélio A G ^a   Sá, Daniel ^a   Kay, Cláudia K ^a   Scola, Rosana H ^a   Martins, Márcio ^a   Werneck, Lineu César ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clonazepan; Palatal myoclonus; Sumatriptan

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; SUMATRIPTAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOFT PALATE; STROKE; TINNITUS;

EID: 0033818665     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2000000500017     Document Type: Article

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