Speech-activated myoclonus masquerading as stuttering

Neurology. 2009 Jun 2;72(22):1964. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a8cea6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Electromyography
  • Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / complications
  • Facial Muscles / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motor Cortex / physiopathology
  • Muscle Contraction / physiology
  • Myoclonus / complications*
  • Myoclonus / diagnosis
  • Myoclonus / physiopathology*
  • Neck Muscles / physiopathology
  • Speech / physiology
  • Stuttering / diagnosis
  • Stuttering / etiology*
  • Stuttering / physiopathology*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Valproic Acid / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Valproic Acid