The head nodding syndrome - Clinical classification and possible causes

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2008-2015

  Winkler, Andrea S ^a,b   Friedrich, Katrin ^c   König, Rebekka ^c   Meindl, Michael ^c   Helbok, Raimund ^c   Unterberger, Iris ^c   Gotwald, Thaddaeus ^c   Dharsee, Jaffer ^d   Velicheti, Sandeep ^d   Kidunda, Aslam ^e   Jilek Aall, Louise ^f   Matuja, William ^g   Schmutzhard, Erich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d Aga Khan Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e Mahenge District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

EEG; Head nodding; MRI; Onchocerca volvulus; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAD NODDING SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SKIN TEST; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SKIN; SYNDROME; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449117909     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01671.x     Document Type: Article

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