A study of 63 cases with eyelid myoclonia with or without absences: Type of seizure or an epileptic syndrome?

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 440-445

  Caraballo, Roberto H ^a   Fontana, Elena ^b   Darra, Francesca ^b   Chacon, Santiago ^a   Ross, Nicolas ^a   Fiorini, Elena ^b   Fejerman, Natalio ^a   Dalla Bernardina, Bernardo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absences; Eyelid myoclonias; Generalized idiopathic; Mental retardation; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EYELID MYOCLONIA AND ABSENCES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOTHERAPY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STROBOSCOPY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 67349174238     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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