Spinal muscular atrophy and progressive myoclonic epilepsy: One case report and characteristics of the epileptic syndrome

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 582-586

  Striano, Pasquale ^a   Boccella, Patrizia ^a   Sarappa, Chiara ^a   Striano, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Progressive myoclonic epilepsy; Review; SMA plus; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; CLONAZEPAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD;

EID: 9244257928     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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