Clinical Presentations and Phenomenology of Myoclonus

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2003, Pages 7-12

  Faught, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Myoclonus; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TIC;

EID: 0242575056     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.44.s11.3.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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