Masticatory myorhythmia following pontine hemorrhage

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-329

  Vancaester, Evelien ^a   Hemelsoet, Dimitri ^a   De Letter, Miet ^b   Santens, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MASTICATORY MYORHYTHMIA; MUSCLE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PONS;

AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PONS;

EID: 84883353726     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-013-0206-6     Document Type: Letter

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