N-acetylcysteine and Unverricht-Lundborg disease: Variable response and possible side effects

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1447-1449

  Edwards, M J J ^a   Hargreaves, I P ^b   Heales, S J R ^b   Jones, S J ^b   Ramachandran, V ^a   Bhatia, K P ^a   Sisodiya, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GLUTATHIONE; PIRACETAM; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NAUSEA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0037069312     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.9.1447     Document Type: Article

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