Acquired Neuromyotonia in Childhood: Case Report and Review

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-63

  Gonzalez, Gabriel ^a   Barros, Graciela ^a   Russi, María Eugenia ^a   Nuñez, Ana ^a   Scavone, Cristina ^a  

^a Pereira Rossell Hospital   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOKYMIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISAACS SYNDROME; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SPASM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549056047     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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