Psychogenic axial myoclonus: Report on two cases

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-222

  Sławek, Jaroslaw ^a   Wichowicz, Hubert M ^b   Cubała, Wieslaw Jerzy ^b   Sołtan, Witold ^a   Palasik, Witold ^c   Wilczewska, Lucyna ^b   Fiszer, Urszula ^c  

^a ST ADALBERT HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Axial myoclonus; Conversion disorder; Propriospinal myoclonus; Psychogenic propriospinal like myoclonus

Indexed keywords

BIPERIDEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CLONAZEPAM; PIRACETAM; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOEDUCATION; REMISSION; STARTLE REFLEX; SUPINE POSITION; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCLONUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953541642     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-010-0219-3     Document Type: Article

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