Recurrent nocturnal tongue biting in a child with hereditary chin trembling

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 985-987

  Goraya, Jatinder S ^a,b   Virdi, Verinderjit ^a   Parmar, Veena ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENIOSPASM; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; JAW MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHIN; CLONAZEPAM; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARASOMNIAS; PEDIGREE; RECURRENCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; TONGUE; TREMOR;

EID: 33846278681     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210111101     Document Type: Article

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