The clinical spectrum of posthypoxic myoclonus

Movement Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 2-7

  Frucht, Steven ^a,b   Fahn, Stanley ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ESTROGEN; LEVODOPA; METHYSERGIDE; PAROXETINE; PIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034123918     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870150702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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