Frontal lobe dysfunction in sporadic hyperekplexia: Case study and literature review

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-98

  Gaitatzis, Athanasios ^a,d   Kartsounis, Luke D ^a   Gacinovic, Svetislav ^b   Costa, Durval C ^b   Harvey, Kirsten ^c   Harvey, Robert J ^c   De Silva, Rajith N ^a  

^a OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe dysfunction; Hyperekplexia; Neuropsychology; Single positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STARTLE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CLONAZEPAM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STARTLE REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 1142285239     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0288-4     Document Type: Review

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