Negative myoclonic status due to antiepileptic drug tapering: Report of three cases

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 819-823

  Gambardella, Antonio ^a,b   Aguglia, Umberto ^a   Oliveri, Rosario L ^a   Russo, Concetta ^a   Zappia, Mario ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a  

^a School of Medicine of Catanzaro   (Italy)

^b Fac di Med E Chir di Catanzaro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Electroencephalography; Negative myoclonus; Partial epilepsy; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BENZODIAZEPINONES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0030855207     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01469.x     Document Type: Article

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