Axial myoclonus in devic neuromyelitis optica

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1708-1709

  Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   D'Angelo, Roberto ^a   Alessandria, Maria ^a   Fabbri, Margheita ^a   Liguori, Rocco ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Stecchi, Sergio ^b   Mascalchi, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; AXIAL MYOCLONUS; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINAL CORD LESION; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCLONUS; NECK MUSCLES; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 69949186328     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22654     Document Type: Article

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