Blinking and eyelid myoclonia: Characteristics and correlations of eyelid movements

Seizure

Volumn 24, Issue C, 2015, Pages 12-16

  Da Conceição, Priscila Oliveira ^a   Guaranha, Mirian Salvadori Bittar ^a   Uchida, Carina Gonçalves Pedroso ^a   Carvalho, Kelly ^a   Guilhoto, Laura M F F ^a   De Araújo Filho, Gerardo M ^a   Júnior, Henrique Carrete ^a   Wolf, Peter ^b   Yacubian, Elza Márcia Targas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blinking; Eyelid myoclonia; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; BLINKING MYOCLONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID MYOCLONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROBOSCOPY; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927759004     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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