Photosensitive benign myoclonic epilepsy in infancy

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-100

  Capovilla, Giuseppe ^a   Beccaria, Francesca ^a   Gambardella, Antonio ^b   Montagnini, Alessandra ^a   Avantaggiato, Paolo ^a   Seri, Stefano ^c,d  

^a CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign myoclonic epilepsy in infancy; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitive epilepsy; Photosensitivity; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOTHERAPY; NEURORADIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PHOTOSENSITIVE BENIGN MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33846257676     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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