Mini-asterixis in hepatic encephalopathy induced by pathologic thalamo-motor-cortical coupling

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 689-692

  Timmermann, L ^a   Gross, J ^a   Butz, M ^a   Kircheis, G ^a   Haussinger D ^a   Schnitzler, A ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAPPING TREMOR; FOREARM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0041334000     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000078816.05164.B1     Document Type: Article

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