Hemifacial spasm or somatoform disorder - Postexcitatory inhibition after magnetic cortical stimulation as a diagnostic tool

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 305-310

  Kotterba, Sylvia ^a   Tegenthoff, M ^b   Malin, J P ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hemifacial spasm; N. facialis; Postexcitatory inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROSIS; TIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0034114350     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2000.90281A.x     Document Type: Article

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