Cortical myoclonus and cerebellar pathology

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1350-1356

  Tijssen, M A J ^a,b,g   Thom, M ^c   Ellison, D W ^h   Wilkins, P ^d   Barnes, D ^e   Thompson, P D ^f   Brown, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d ATKINSON MORLEY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cortical myoclonus; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 0034724141     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.6.1350     Document Type: Article

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