A magnetoencephalographic study of negative myoclonus in a patient with atypical benign partial epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-32

  Kubota, Masaya ^a   Nakura, Michiaki ^a   Hirose, Hiroyuki ^a   Kimura, Ikumi ^a   Sakakihara, Yoichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABPE; Magnetoencephalography; Negative myoclonus; Rolandic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; ETHOSUXIMIDE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; THALAMUS;

EID: 12144273601     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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