Eyelid myoclonia with absences in monozygotic twins

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-347

  Adachi, Masao ^a,c   Inoue, Tomoko ^a   Tsuneishi, Syuichi ^a   Takada, Satoshi ^a,b   Nakamura, Hajime ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eyelid myoclonia with absences; Monozygotic twins; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EYELID CLOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; DISEASES IN TWINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 20444482438     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02065.x     Document Type: Article

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