Rhythmic cortical myoclonus in Niemann-Pick disease type C

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1453-1456

  Canafoglia, Laura ^a   Bugiani, Marianna ^a   Uziel, Graziella ^a   Bernardina, Bernardo Dalla ^b   Ciano, Claudia ^a   Scaioli, Vidmer ^a   Avanzini, Guiliano ^a   Franceschetti, Silvana ^a   Panzica, Ferruccio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action myoclonus; EEG EMG coherence; Lipid storage; PME

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYOCLONUS; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONSANGUINITY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, TYPE C; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33750303104     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20984     Document Type: Article

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