Senile myoclonic epilepsy of Genton: Two cases in Down syndrome with dementia and late onset epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 165-168

  Crespel, Arielle ^a,b   Gonzalez, Victoria ^a   Coubes, Philippe ^a,b   Gelisse, Philippe ^a,b  

^a Epilepsy Unit   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Down syndrome; Elderly; Epilepsy; Myoclonus

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY OF GENTON;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 36248959791     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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