Familial cortical myoclonic tremor with epilepsy (FCMTE): Clinical characteristics and exclusion of linkages to 8q and 2p in a large French family

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 812-820

  Magnin, E ^a   Vidailhet, M ^b   Depienne, C ^b   Saint Martin, C ^b   Bouteiller, D ^b   Leguern, E ^b   Apartis, E ^c   Rumbach, L ^a   Labauge, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gait disorder; Genetic; Myoclonic cortical tremor; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMAZEPAM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; LEVODOPA; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXERCISE; FAMILIAL CORTICAL MYOCLONIC TREMOR WITH EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRANCE; GAIT DISORDER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; MYOCLONUS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RETINAL MIGRAINE; STARVATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; REFLEX; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349452098     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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