Clinical diagnosis of propriospinal myoclonus is unreliable: An electrophysiologic study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1868-1873

  Erro, Roberto ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a   Edwards, Mark J ^a   Farmer, Simon F ^a,b   Cordivari, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial jerks; Bereitschaftspotential; Functional movement disorders; Propriospinal myoclonus; Psychogenic movement disorders

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMYOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOSPINAL MYOCLONUS; PSYCHOGENIC AXIAL JERK;

AXIAL JERKS; BEREITSCHAFTSPOTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PROPRIOSPINAL MYOCLONUS; PSYCHOGENIC MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

COHORT STUDIES; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84887619878     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25627     Document Type: Article

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