Uraemic myoclonus: an example of reticular reflex myoclonus?
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Uraemic myoclonus: an example of reticular reflex myoclonus?
Two patients are described who developed action, reflex myoclonus during acute renal failure. In both cases the myoclonus was abolished after the intravenous administration of clonazepam. We suggest that the characteristic action myoclonus, which occurs in both acute renal failure and postanoxic encephalopathy, is caused by a disturbance of function in the lower brainstem reticular formation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.42.1.52