Episodic tongue hyperkinesias and alternating limb movements associated with basilar artery ischemia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1249-1251

  Li, Jie Yuan ^a,b   Lee, Chieh Hsun ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM;

ABNORMAL ALTERNATING LIMB MOVEMENT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSKINESIA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; STIFF NECK; THALAMUS; TONGUE HYPERKINESIA; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; ARM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; TONGUE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 67651156107     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22542     Document Type: Letter

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