Primary motor cortex alterations in a compound heterozygous form of Unverricht-Lundborg disease (EPM1)

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-71

  Danner, Nils ^a   Julkunen, Petro ^a   Könönen, Mervi ^a   Hyppönen, Jelena ^a   Koskenkorva, Päivi ^a   Vanninen, Ritva ^a   Lehesjoki, Anna Elina ^b   Kälviäinen, Reetta ^a   Mervaala, Esa ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; EPM1; Progressive myoclonus epilepsy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Unverricht Lundborg disease; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CYSTATIN B; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PIRACETAM; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650836073     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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