Paroxysmal kinesigenic segmental myoclonus due to a spinal cord glioma

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1801-1803

  Marrufo, Manuel ^a   Politsky, Jeffrey ^a   Mehta, Shyamal ^a   Morgan, John C ^a   Sethi, Kapil D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glioma; Kinesigenic; Myoclonus; Paroxysmal; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROXYSMAL KINESIGENIC SEGMENTAL MYOCLONUS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STARTLE REFLEX; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCLONUS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35348935517     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21635     Document Type: Article

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