Myoclonic alcoholic epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 406-409

  Bartolomei, Fabrice ^a,b   Azulay, Jean Philippe ^c   Barrié, Maryline ^a   Gastaut, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^b CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ataxia; Epilepsy; Myoclonus

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; CLONAZEPAM; PIRACETAM; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; SYNDROME; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0029920753     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00579.x     Document Type: Article

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