Mirror movements and involuntary homolateral limb synkinesis in a patient with probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-383

  Park, In Seok ^a   Song, In Uk ^a   Lee, Sang Bong ^a   Lee, Kwang Soo ^a   Kim, Hee Tae ^b   Kim, Joong Seok ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Involuntary homolateral limb synkinesis; Mirror movements

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FOCAL DYSTONIA; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIRROR MOVEMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; SYNKINESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITION DISORDERS; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DYSTONIA; EXTREMITIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MYOCLONUS; SYNKINESIS;

EID: 63449090212     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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