Pathologic laughing and intractable hiccups can occur early in multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1684-1686

  De Seze, J ^a   Zephir, H ^a   Hautecoeur, P ^b   Mackowiak, A ^b   Cabaret, M ^a   Vermersch, P ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Saint Philibert GHICL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BETA1A INTERFERON; CITALOPRAM; CORTICOSTEROID; GABAPENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751018550     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000242625.75753.69     Document Type: Article

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