Palatal myoclonus in a patient with a lateral thalamic infarction

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 924-925

  Cerrato, P ^a   Grasso, M ^a   Azzaro, C ^a   Baima, C ^a   Lentini, A ^a   Giraudo, M ^a   Montalenti, E ^a   Bergamasco, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYSMETRIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; SOFT PALATE; THALAMUS;

EID: 14644439163     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000152870.07073.87     Document Type: Article

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