Babinski, pseudo-babinski, and dystonia [2]

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1207-1209

  Horstink, Martin W I M ^a   Haaxma, Charlotte ^b   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^b   Duysens, Jaak ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABINSKI REFLEX; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

DYSTONIA; HUMANS; REFLEX, BABINSKI;

EID: 34547881459     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.8.1207     Document Type: Letter

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