The clinical and neuropathological findings in a patient with familial cortical tremor with epilepsy (FCTE) are described. Clinically, the patient showed cortical myoclonus, tremor, and generalized seizures. Pathological investigation showed cerebellar degeneration and somal sprouting and loss of de
A Dutch family with ‘familial cortical tremor with epilepsy’
✍ Scribed by Fleur van Rootselaar; Petra M. C. Callenbach; Jouke J. Hottenga; Frans L. M. G. Vermeulen; Hans D. Speelman; Oebele F. Brouwer; Marina A. J. Tijssen
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 276 KB
- Volume
- 249
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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