An interesting case report of Morvan's syndrome from the Indian subcontinent

Neurology India

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-69

  Bajaj, B ^a,b   Shrestha, S ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Dysautonomia; Isaacs' syndrome; Limbic encephalitis; Morvan's syndrome; Syndrome of continuous muscle fiber activity

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FATIGUE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERREFLEXIA; INDIA; INSOMNIA; JAW DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB DYSESTHESIA; MALE; MORVAN SYNDROME; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOKYMIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SLEEP DISORDER; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 33846993715     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.30432     Document Type: Article

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