Late-onset, praxis-induced myoclonic epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-171

  Glenn, Melanie ^a   Carrazana, Enrique J ^a,b   Lopez, Maria Raquel ^a,b   Wallace, Douglas M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Myoclonic epilepsy; Praxis induced seizures; Reflex seizures

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; BACLOFEN; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PARACETAMOL; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VALPROIC ACID; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84864569285     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0498     Document Type: Note

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