Is it juvenile myoclonic epilepsy?

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-32

  Gelisse, Philippe ^a   Genton, Pierre ^a   Raybaud, Charles ^b   Thomas, Pierre ^c   Bartolomei, Fabrice ^a   Dravet, Charlotte ^a  

^a CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain abnormalities; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Neuroradiology; Severe mental retardation

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; GYRATE ATROPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0034093233     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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