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Paroxysmal choreoathetosis following head injury
Author(s) -
Robin Joseph J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410020520
Subject(s) - choreoathetosis , medicine , head injury , physical medicine and rehabilitation , dystonia , surgery , psychiatry
Abstract A 33‐year‐old man developed paroxysmal choreoathetosis following a severe head injury. Phenobarbital therapy was promptly effective. The family history as well as physical examinations and laboratory studies were unremarkable.