Pathological laughter in a patient with multiple sclerosis

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 409-411

  Hoegerl, Carl ^a   Zboray, Sharon ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRANIAL NERVE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION SENSE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN MAPPING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDNISONE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50449084788     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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