Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Presenting with Unilateral Periodic Myoclonic Jerks

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 384-387

  Shivji, Zaitoon M ^a   Al Zahrani, Ibrahim S ^a   Al Said, Yousef A ^a   Jan, Mohammed M S ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; METHISOPRINOL; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEMISPHERE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEASLES; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346099506     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100003127     Document Type: Article

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