Unilateral involuntary movement associated with streptococcal infection: Neurophysiological investigation

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 70-74

  Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Akaboshi, Shinjiro ^a   Inagaki, Masumi ^b   Takeshita, Kenzo ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reflex; Cortical reflex myoclonus; Giant SEP; PANDAS; Streptococcal infection; Syndenham chorea

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHOREOATHETOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CHILD; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; GAIT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034060824     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7476     Document Type: Article

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