Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and mirror movements in a patient with polymicrogyria

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 266-269

  Krampfl, Klaus ^a   Petri, Susanne ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^a   Mohammadi, Bahram ^a   Bufler, Johannes ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Epilepsy; Mirror movements; Polymicrogyria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MICROGYRIA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0242558745     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820310008515     Document Type: Article

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