Neurophysiology of positive and negative myoclonus
✍ Scribed by C.A Tassinari; G Rubboli; H Shibasaki
- Book ID
- 114012667
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-4694
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Myoclonus can be diagnosed and classified mainly based on clinical features. Neurophysiologic studies help confirm clinical diagnosis and classification, and understand underlying physiological mechanisms. The neurophysiologic classification of myoclonus is mainly based on surface EMG (individual EM
## Abstract We report a patient with Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease who presented asymmetric myoclonus. Positive–negative myoclonus was seen only in the right extremities in association with periodic synchronous discharges (PSDs) on the electroencephalogram, although pure positive myoclonus was rarely s