Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus mimicking status epilepticus

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-63

  Turanli, Güzide ^a   Şenbil, Nesrin ^b   Altunbaşak, Şakir ^c   Topçu, Meral ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; SEROTONIN;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARASOMNIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; TENDON REFLEX; TIC;

EID: 1542708374     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738040190010708     Document Type: Article

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