Hyperexcitable cortical responses in progressive myoclonic epilepsy: A TMS study

Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1793-1799

  Manganotti, P ^a,b   Tamburin, S ^a   Zanette, G ^a   Fiaschi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE STIMULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0035960573     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.57.10.1793     Document Type: Article

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