Isolated continuous lingual myoclonus: Unusual presentation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1309-1310

  Civardi, Carlo ^a   Collini, Alessandra ^a   Mazzini, Letizia ^a   Testa, Lucia ^a   Monaco, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS LINGUAL MYOCLONUS; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; COMPLICATION; LARYNX MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 77955068806     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23099     Document Type: Letter

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