Familial cortical tremor with epilepsy and cerebellar pathological findings

Movement Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-217

  van Rootselaar, Anne Fleur ^a   Aronica, Eleonora ^a,b   Jansen Steur, Ernst N H ^c   Rozemuller Kwakkel, Johanna M ^a   de Vos, Rob A I ^d   Tijssen, Marina A J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d Laboratorium Pathologie Oost Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortical tremor; Epilepsy; Myoclonus; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DENDRITE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGED; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NERVE REGENERATION; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; PURKINJE CELLS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 1542360720     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10662     Document Type: Article

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