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Brief report| Volume 22, ISSUE 10, P1271-1273, October 1987

Confirmation of Babinski-like response in periodic movements in sleep (nocturnal myoclonus)

  • Robert C. Smith
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    Address reprint requests to Dr.R.C. Smith, B220 Life Sciences Bldg., Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
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    From the Sleep Disorders Center, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, and the Sleep Disorders Center, Ingham Medical Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MIUSA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(87)90035-7
Confirmation of Babinski-like response in periodic movements in sleep (nocturnal myoclonus)
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      Publication history

      Received in revised form: February 26, 1987
      Received: February 26, 1987
      The author thanks Janice Weiss, Jeff Sevier, Janice Hermann, Sherry Smalley, and Frank Muriel for their tireless assistance, advice, and support.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(87)90035-7

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      © 1987 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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