Benign myoclonic epilepsy in infants: Electroclinical features and long-term follow-up of 34 patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 387-393

  Auvin, Stéphane ^a,b   Pandit, Florence ^a   De Bellecize, Jullita ^c   Badinand, Nicole ^c   Isnard, Hervé ^d   Motte, Jacques ^e   Villeneuve, Nathalie ^f   Lamblin, Marie Dominique ^a   Vallée, Louis ^a,b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^d Memorial American Hospital ^*  (France)

^e Memorial American Hospital   (France)

^f CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Infant; Myoclonic epilepsy; Outcome; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645300746     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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