Propriospinal myoclonus: A motor phenomenon found in restless legs syndrome different from periodic limb movements during sleep

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1323-1329

  Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   Provini, Federica ^a   Plazzi, Giusseppe ^a   Cortelli, Pietro ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Periodic limb movements during sleep; Polysomnography; Propriospinal myoclonus; Restless legs syndome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCLONUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RESTLESSNESS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCLONUS; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; SPINE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 27844612066     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20599     Document Type: Article

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