Paroxysmal limb dyskinesia induced by weight: An unusual case of cortical reflex seizures

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2438-2439

  Katschnig, Petra ^a,b   Schwingenschuh, Petra ^a,b   Chaudhary, Umair J ^a   Edwards, Mark J ^a   Lemieux, Louis ^a   Walker, Matthew C ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LETTER; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB;

ADULT; ARM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOREA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEIZURES;

EID: 81955167501     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23874     Document Type: Letter

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