Eyelid myoclonia with absences in adults: A clinical and video-EEG study

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-44

  Giannakodimos, Stylianos ^a   Panayiotopoulos, Chrysostomos P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absence seizure; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Eye closure; Eyelids

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DARKNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; ONSET AGE; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; COMORBIDITY; DARKNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030069631     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00509.x     Document Type: Article

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