Benign myoclonic epilepsy in infants: Video-EEG features and long-term follow-up

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 268-271

  Lin, YanPing ^a   Itomi, K ^a   Takada, H ^a   Kuboda, T ^a   Okumura, A ^a   Aso, K ^a   Negoro, T ^a   Watanabe, K ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign myoclonic epilepsy in infants; Long term follow up; Myoclonic seizures; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031671134     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973573     Document Type: Article

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