Paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis (PDC) is an unusual hyperkinetic movement disorder characterized by attacks of chorea, dystonia, and ballism with onset in childhood. We report a large British family with dominantly inherited PDC linked to chromosome 2q and describe the clinical features in 20 af
Generalized paroxysmal fast activity: Electroencephalographic and clinical features
✍ Scribed by Dr. Richard P. Brenner; Ruth Atkinson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 455 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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