Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus: Experience from the study of 38 infants

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-18

  Paro Panjan, Darja ^a   Neubauer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Myoclonus; Newborn; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BENIGN NEONATAL SLEEP MYOCLONUS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCITABILITY; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

AGE FACTORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARASOMNIAS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37049025337     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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