Myoclonus of peripheral origin: Two case reports

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-277

  Tyvært, Louise ^a   Krystkowiak, Pierre ^a,b   Cassim, Francois ^b   Houdayer, Elise ^b   Kreisler, Alexandre ^a   Destée, Alain ^a   Defebvre, Luc ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Limb pain; Nerve injury; Peripheral myoclonus; Phantom; Spinal myoclonus

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; ELBOW INJURY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION STUMPS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; ARM INJURIES; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CICATRIX; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARESTHESIA; PHANTOM LIMB; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 61649125425     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21998     Document Type: Article

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