Tongue tremor in a patient with coma after electrical injury

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 834-836

  Lin, Katia ^a   Lin, Jaime ^a   Piovesan, Juliato ^a   Germiniani, Francisco M B ^a   Teive, Hélio A G ^a   Werneck, Lineu Cesar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrical injury; Lingual tremor; Tongue hyperkinesia; Tongue tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTROCUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE DISEASE; TREMOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; COMA; ELECTRIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TONGUE DISEASES; TREMOR;

EID: 0041589657     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10433     Document Type: Article

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