Excessive fragmentary hypnic myoclonus in a patient affected by a mitochondrial encephalomyopathy

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 663-

  Pincherle, Alessandro ^a   Mantoani, Luca ^a   Villani, Flavio ^a   Confalonieri, Paolo ^a   Erbetta, Alessandra ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCESSIVE FRAGMENTARY HYPNIC MYOCLONUS; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETTER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MYOCLONUS; NONREM SLEEP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TENDON REFLEX;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME;

EID: 33751323411     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.06.005     Document Type: Letter

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