Startle epilepsy complicating aspartylglucosaminuria

Brain and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-133

  Labate, Angelo ^a,b   Barone, Rita ^b,c   Gambardella, Antonio ^a,b   Civitelli, Donata ^b   Fiumara, Agata ^c   Annesi, Grazia ^b   Zappia, Mario ^a,b   Pavone, Lorenzo ^c   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspartylglucosaminuria; Reflex epilepsy; Startle disease

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTYLGLYCOSAMINURIA; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STARTLE EPILEPSY; STEREOTYPY; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 1242272169     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(03)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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