Valproate-induced reversible hemichorea

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1511-1512

  Srinivasan, Sheila ^a   Lok, Au Wing ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHOREA; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 77954990476     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23119     Document Type: Letter

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