Cortical reflex myoclonus in adult onset Huntington's disease

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 639-642

  Funakawa, Itaru ^a   Kimura, Kenichi ^a   Jinnai, Kenji ^a  

^a Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reflex; Cortical reflex myoclonus; Huntington's disease; Jerk locked back averaging

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDIAN NERVE; MYOCLONUS; REFLEX;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 4844224290     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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