Published August 1991
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Journal article
Epileptic palatal myoclonus
Creators
- 1. Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Description
Palatal myoclonus (PM) is usually caused by lesions of the brainstem. The authors report a case of PM of focal cortical origin in a patient with epilepsia partialis continua. The PM sometimes occurred in isolation, and at other times was accompanied by unilateral face, neck, and arm twitching. This was documented by both EEG and SPECT
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Neurology
- Journal Volume
- 41
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Series
- Neurology.
- Journal Page Range
- 1305-1306
- ISSN
- 0028-3878
- CODEN
- NEURA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 23005276
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENTS; SINGLE PHOTON ECT; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MAN; PRIMATES; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATES