Myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: An electroclinical study and long-term follow-up of 38 patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1605-1612

  Caraballo, Roberto H ^a   Flesler, Santiago ^a   Pasteris, María Constanza ^a   Lopez Avaria, María Francisca ^b   Fortini, Sebastian ^a   Vilte, Carolina ^a  

^a Hospital Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Benign; Genetic; Idiopathic; Myoclonic seizures; Self limited

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; LIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOISE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SPIKE WAVE; TACTILE STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

BENIGN; GENETIC; IDIOPATHIC; MYOCLONIC SEIZURES; SELF-LIMITED;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SLEEP; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84883739520     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12321     Document Type: Article

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