Improvement of Action Myoclonus in a Patient with Dentatorubral-Pallidoluysian Atrophy by Piracetam

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-79

  Hirose, Mieko ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroyuki ^a   Noguchi, Rie ^a   Haginoya, Kazuhiro ^a   Aoki, Masashi ^a   Iinuma, Kazuie ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIRACETAM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSIES, PROGRESSIVE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PIRACETAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347993795     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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