Benign myoclonic epilepsy in childhood. A case;Epilepsia mioclonica benigna de la infancia. A proposito de un caso

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 25, Issue 144, 1997, Pages 1210-1212

  Ribacoba Montero, R ^a   Salas Puig, J ^b  

^a Hospital Alvarez Buylla   (Spain)

^b Hospital Central   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benign myoclonic epilepsy of childhood (BME); Diagnosis; Photosensitivity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; REM SLEEP;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; SLEEP, REM; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0031204591     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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