Asterixis

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 272-275

  Gokula, R R M ^a,c   Khasnis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BROMIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLONAZEPAM; CLOZAPINE; GABAPENTIN; IFOSFAMIDE; LEVODOPA; LITHIUM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRIZAMIDE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLAPPING TREMOR; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCLONUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

DYSKINESIAS; HUMANS;

EID: 0344739686     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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