Psychogenic axial myoclonus: Clinical features and long-term outcome

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 596-599

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Axial jerks; Bereitschafts potential; Functional movement disorders; Propriospinal myoclonus; PSM; Psychogenic movement disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; FLEXION; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC AXIAL MYOCLONUS; TENDON REFLEX; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPLICATION; CONVERSION DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONVERSION DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900002166     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.02.026     Document Type: Article

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