Propriospinal myoclonus: Clinical reappraisal and review of literature

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1862-1870

  Van Der Salm, Sandra M A ^a   Erro, Roberto ^b,c   Cordivari, Carla ^b,c   Edwards, Mark J ^b   Koelman, Johannes H T M ^a   Van Den Ende, Tom ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^b   Van Rootselaar, Anne Fleur ^a   Brown, Peter ^d   Tijssen, Marina A J ^e  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PREDNISONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VALPROIC ACID; CATENIN; DELTA CATENIN;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOSPINAL MYOCLONUS; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATENINS; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PUBMED; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925859272     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000982     Document Type: Review

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