Eyelid myoclonia with absences: Routine EEG is sufficient to make a diagnosis

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-260

  Joshi, Charuta Narayan ^a   Patrick, Jill ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; EEG and clinical characteristics; EMA

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TIC;

AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33847417094     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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