Benign myoclonus of early infancy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-61

  Pachatz, Christa ^a   Fusco, Lucia ^a   Vigevano, Federico ^a,b  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infancy; Myoclonus; Paroxysmal phenomenon; Shudder; Spasms; Tonic contractions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYOCLONUS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033085796     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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