Cramp-fasciculation syndrome;Le syndrome crampes-fasciculations

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1260-1266

  Lagueny, A ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

ALS; Auto immune disease; Cramp fasciculation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ATROPHY; FASCICULATION; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOKYMIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; REVIEW; THYMOMA; WEAKNESS;

EID: 30944458818     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(05)85238-5     Document Type: Review

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