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Ongoing Abdominal Status Myoclonus in Postanoxic Coma

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We present the video of a patient who presented massive and ongoing rhythmic abdominal myoclonus in postanoxic coma.

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, CH Versailles–Site André Mignot Hospital, 177 rue de Versailles, 78150, Le Chesnay, France

    Stephane Legriel, Marie-Benedicte Le Stang, Sybille Merceron, Pierrick Cronier & Gilles Troche

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SL participated in supervising study data collection, monitoring of data quality, data analysis, and preparing the first and subsequent drafts of the manuscript. MBLS, SM, PC, and GT participated in the preparation of the first and subsequent drafts of the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of this manuscript.

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Video Sequence legend: The patient presented massive and ongoing rhythmic spontaneous myoclonic jerks of abdominal muscles. (WMV 4583 kb)

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Legriel, S., Le Stang, MB., Merceron, S. et al. Ongoing Abdominal Status Myoclonus in Postanoxic Coma. Neurocrit Care 16, 136–138 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-011-9616-6

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