Lesson of the week: Benign sleep myoclonus in infancy mistaken for epilepsy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7396, 2003, Pages 975-976

  Egger, Joseph ^a,c   Grossmann, Gabriele ^a   Auchterlonie, Ian A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Kinderspital Meran   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; CASE REPORT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 0038362367     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7396.975     Document Type: Review

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