Essential palatal myoclonus in monozygotic male twins [9]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 885-886

  Kutukcu, Yasar ^a   Imirzalioglu, Necat ^a   Odabasi, Zeki ^a   Gokcil, Zeki ^a   Vural, Okay ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LETTER; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; OSCILLATION; PALATE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0042848761     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1123-z     Document Type: Letter

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