Familial cortical myoclonic tremor with epilepsy and cerebellar changes: Description of a new pathology case and review of the literature

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Sharifi, Sarvi ^a   Aronica, Eleonora ^a,b   Koelman, Johannes H T M ^a   Tijssen, Marina A J ^a,c   van Rootselaar, Anne Fleur ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benign; Cerebellar; Cortical myoclonus; Epilepsy; Hereditary; Tremor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890312103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21608288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/TOHM.119     Document Type: Review

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