Narcolepsy with cataplexy associated with holoprosencephaly misdiagnosed as epileptic drop attacks

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 788-790

  Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   Tonon, Caterina ^a   Rubboli, Guido ^b   Franceschini, Christian ^a   Pizza, Fabio ^a   Bisulli, Antonietta ^a   Rizzo, Giovanni ^a   Mignot, Emmanuel ^c   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Lodi, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; MODAFINIL; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ATONIC SEIZURE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FACE MUSCLE; FALLING; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NARCOLEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 77951773112     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23008     Document Type: Letter

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