Natural history and long-term evolution in families with autosomal dominant cortical tremor, myoclonus, and epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1245-1250

  Coppola, Antonietta ^a   Santulli, Lia ^a   Del Gaudio, Luigi ^a   Minetti, Carlo ^b   Striano, Salvatore ^a   Zara, Federico ^b   Striano, Pasquale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical tremor; EEG; Evolution; Myoclonus; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME 2P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, 1-3; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SYNDROME; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959998726     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03017.x     Document Type: Review

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