Familial benign myoclonus epilepsy of adult onset: A previously unrecognized myoclonic disorder

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Okino, Soichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

autosomal dominant inheritance; C reflex; giant SEP; jerk locked back averaging; myoclonus epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; DNA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030899915     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00245-6     Document Type: Article

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