Dropped head syndrome in severe intractable epilepsies with mental retardation.

Brázdil,  Milan; Fojtíková,  Dagmar; Košťálová, Eva; Bareš,  Martin; Kuba,  Robert; Pažourková,  Marta; Rektor,  Ivan

Dropped head syndrome in severe intractable epilepsies with mental retardation.

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Authors	BRÁZDIL Milan FOJTÍKOVÁ Dagmar KOŠŤÁLOVÁ Eva BAREŠ Martin KUBA Robert PAŽOURKOVÁ Marta REKTOR Ivan
Year of publication	2005
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Seizure: European Joural of Epilepsy.
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
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Field	Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
Keywords	Refractory epilepsy; Droppe head syndrome; L-Carnitine dificiency
Description	Dropped head syndrome is characterized by a gradual forward sagging of the head due to the isolated weakness of the neck extensor muscles.
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