Perioral reflex myoclonias: A controlled study in patients with JME and focal epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1059-1067

  Mayer, Thomas A ^a,c   Schroeder, Frauke ^b   May, Theodor W ^b   Wolf, Peter T ^b  

^a Kleinwachau Saxonian Epilepsy Centre Radeberg   (Germany)

^b Krankenanstalten Gilead ^*  (Germany)

^c Kleinwachau Saxonian Epilepsy Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

Focal epilepsies; JME; Perioral reflex myoclonias; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIORAL REFLEX MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33744466031     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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