Senile myoclonic epilepsy in Down syndrome: A video and EEG presentation of two cases

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-227

  De Simone, Roberto ^a,b,c   Daquin, Géraldine ^b   Genton, Pierre ^b  

^a S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Down syndrome; Generalized epilepsy; Myoclonic jerks; Senile myoclonic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; HYDROXYZINE; PAROXETINE; PIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33749608136     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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