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Generalized myoclonus as a prominent symptom in a patient with FTLD-TDP

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Acknowledgments

The study was supported by the project “CEITEC—Central European Institute of Technology” (CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068) from the European Regional Development Fund, and by grant IGA NT 12094-5/2011 from the Czech Ministry of Health.

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The patient and his family gave their informed consent to the case report publication. The study has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki.

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  1. First Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Martin Pail, Ivica Husarova & Irena Rektorova

  2. Brain and Mind Research Programme, CEITEC MU—Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic

    Martin Pail, Ivica Husarova & Irena Rektorova

  3. Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

    Radoslav Matej

  4. Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

    Radoslav Matej

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Legend to Video. The clinical features mentioned above are presented in the patient described in the present report. The video shows generalized myoclonus with left-sided predominance. The myoclonus is enhanced by action. (MPG 45408 kb)

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Pail, M., Matej, R., Husarova, I. et al. Generalized myoclonus as a prominent symptom in a patient with FTLD-TDP. J Neurol 260, 1681–1683 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-013-6942-y

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