A case of poststreptococcal opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1490-1491

  Dassan, Pooja ^a   Clarke, Charles ^a   Sharp, David J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antistreptococcal antibody titer (ASOT); Myoclonus; Opsoclonus; Streptococcal

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIZZINESS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSOCLONUS; OPSOCLONUS MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCLONUS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; STEROIDS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 34548024188     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21513     Document Type: Article

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