Myoclonus of peripheral origin: Case secondary to a digital nerve lesion

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 970-974

  Seijo Martinez, M ^a   Fontoira, M ^a   Celester, G ^a   Castro del Rio M ^a   Permuy, J ^a   Iglesias, A ^b  

^a Complexo Hospitalario de Pontevedra ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; PIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HAND DISEASE; HAND PALM; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENOSYNOVITIS; THUMB;

ADOLESCENT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCLONUS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TENOSYNOVITIS; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0035470391     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1179     Document Type: Article

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