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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 16;13(4):e234332.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234332.

Posthypoxic action myoclonus (the Lance-Adams syndrome)

Christopher Marcellino  1 , Eelco Fm Wijdicks  2
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Case Reports

Posthypoxic action myoclonus (the Lance-Adams syndrome)

Christopher Marcellino et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: clinical neurophysiology; intensive care; movement disorders (other than parkinsons); neurological injury.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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