The controversy regarding diagnostic criteria for early myoclonic encephalopathy

Brain and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 530-535

  Wang, Pen Jung ^a   Lee, Wang Tso ^a   Hwu, Wuh Liang ^a   Young, Chainllie ^a   Yau, Kou Inn Tsou ^a   Shen, Yu Zen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Early myoclonic encephalopathy; Electroencephalography; Erratic myoclonus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCINEMIA; INFANT; MALE; MYOCLONUS;

AGE OF ONSET; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PYRIDOXINE;

EID: 0031728575     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(98)00042-4     Document Type: Article

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