Successful treatment of Holmes tremor by levetiracetam

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2101-2103

  Ferlazzo, Edoardo ^a,b   Morgante, Francesca ^a   Rizzo, Vincenzo ^a   Sciarrone, Giuseppe ^a   Meduri, Mario ^a   Magaudda, Adriana ^a   Girlanda, Paolo ^a   Quartarone, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; HEAD INJURY; HOLMES TREMOR; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREMOR;

ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PIRACETAM; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049180760     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22230     Document Type: Article

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