Eyelid myoclonia with absences: Phenomenology in children

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-199

  Kent, Lindsey ^a   Blake, Alison ^b   Whitehouse, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Eyelid myoclonia; Self induction; Tic disorders

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSESSION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIC;

EID: 0031879318     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80035-6     Document Type: Article

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