Benign myoclonic epilepsy: Long-term follow-up of 11 new cases

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 473-479

  Giovanardi Rossi, Paola ^a   Parmeggiani, Antonia ^a   Posar, Annio ^a   Santi, Andrea ^a   Santucci, Margherita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign myoclonic epilepsy; Epilepsy evolution; Myoclonic epilepsies; Myoclonic seizures; Neuropsychological evaluation; Non epileptic myoclonus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; IRRITABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030833902     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(97)00060-0     Document Type: Article

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