Myotonia congenita - A successful response to carbamazepine

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 431-433

  Savitha, M R ^a,c   Krishnamurthy, B ^a   Hyderi, Abbas ^a   Farhan Ul Haque, ^a   Ramachandra, B Nallur ^b  

^a Government College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Myotonia; Myotonia congenita

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THOMSEN DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOTONIA CONGENITA; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746755340     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02758569     Document Type: Article

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