An unusual case of benign reflex myoclonic epilepsy of infancy

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 152-155

  Kurian, M A ^a   King, Mary D ^a,b  

^a Children's University Hospital   (Ireland)

^b CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Infancy; Myoclonus; Reflex epilepsy; Tapping epilepsy

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFLEX MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY OF INFANCY; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0043236201     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41275     Document Type: Article

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