Eyelid myoclonia with absences (Jeavons syndrome): A well-defined idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome or a spectrum of photosensitive conditions?

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages 15-19

  Striano, Salvatore ^a   Capovilla, Giuseppe ^b   Sofia, Vito ^c   Romeo, Antonino ^d   Rubboli, Guido ^e   Striano, Pasquale ^f   Trenité, Dorothée Kasteleijn Nolst ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Eyelid myoclonia; Eyelid myoclonia with absences; Myoclonus; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYELID; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID MYOCLONIA WITH ABSENCES; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EYELIDS; HUMANS; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 65549145036     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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