Orthostatic myoclonus: A contributor to gait decline in selected elderly

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 1826-1830

  Glass, Graham A ^a   Ahlskog, J Eric ^a   Matsumoto, Joseph Y ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDING; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 34249017259     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000260225.46732.af     Document Type: Article

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