Eyelid myoclonia with absences: An overlooked epileptic syndrome?

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 287-296

  Striano, Salvatore ^a   Striano, Pasquale ^a   Nocerino, Cristofaro ^a   Boccella, Patrizia ^a   Bilo, Leonilda ^a   Meo, Roberta ^a   Ruosi, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activation procedures; Eyelid myoclonia with absences; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Photosensitivity; Video EGG

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EYELID; EYELID CLOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SYMPTOM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0036866850     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0987-7053(02)00343-X     Document Type: Article

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