Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus: A review of the literature

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Maurer, Valeria O ^a   Rizzi, Mattia ^a   Bianchetti, Mario G ^a   Ramelli, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Myoclonic disorders; Nonepileptic convulsions; Parasomnias; Review

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

AMNION FLUID; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BENIGN NEONATAL SLEEP MYOCLONUS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG USE; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; MONOTHERAPY; MOTHER; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEARCH ENGINE; SLEEP STAGE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARASOMNIAS; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950557619     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1839     Document Type: Review

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