Axial myoclonus in paraproteinemic polyneuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1330-1335

  Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   Liguori, Rocco ^a   D'Alessandro, Roberto ^a   D'Angelo, Roberto ^a   Alessandria, Maria ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti MAG antibody; Polyneuropathy; Posture; Propriospinal myoclonus; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; PRAMIPEXOLE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCLONUS; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ACTION POTENTIALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCLONUS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; POSTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549134268     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21095     Document Type: Article

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