A case of familial myoclonus showing extremely benign clinical course

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 430-434

  Nagayama, Shigemi ^a   Kishikawa, Hideaki ^a   Yukitake, Motohiro ^a   Matsui, Makoto ^a,b   Kuroda, Yasuo ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy; Cortical reflex myoclonus; Familial essential myoclonus and epilepsy; Progressive myoclonus epilepsies

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID; CLONAZEPAM; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; TENDON REFLEX; TREMOR;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCLONUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031735068     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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