Description of a family with a novel Progressive myoclonus epilepsy and cognitive impairment

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1016-1022

  Ferlazzo, Edoardo ^a   Italiano, Domenico ^a   An, Isabelle ^b   Calarese, Tiziana ^c,d   Laguitton, Virginie ^c   Bramanti, Placido ^a   Di Bella, Paolo ^a   Genton, Pierre ^c  

^a IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Progressive myoclonus epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STEREOTYPY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGERIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSIES, PROGRESSIVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651146701     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22489     Document Type: Article

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