Rasmussen syndrome and movement disorder

Movement Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 437-438

  Andermann, Frederick ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ATHETOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHOREA; DYSTONIA; EDITORIAL; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME;

ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 0036589831     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10129     Document Type: Editorial

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