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Repetitive muscle silent periods in acute post-anoxic brain injury: A novel phenotype of negative myoclonus.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Jan 2025
Salehizadeh Saeideh, Hakami Suhailah, Shrestha Ramesh, Fotedar Neel
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To report a novel phenotype of negative myoclonus in acute post-anoxic brain injury (PABI). METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of 18-channel video-EEG and surface-EMG (sEMG) recordings of three patients with PABI. sEMG electrodes were placed on the neck, bulbar and arm muscles. RESULTS: All three patients had whole body tonic posturing with intermittent brief relaxation. In patients #1 and...
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