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Epilepsy with Myoclonic absences
Brain and Development, 2005Epilepsy with myoclonic absences is characterized clinically by absences accompanied by marked, diffuse, rhythmical myoclonias, often associated with a progressive tonic contraction. The ictal EEG shows bilateral, synchronous and symmetrical spike and wave discharges repeated at 3 Hz (similar to that observed in typical absences of childhood absence ...
Carlo Alberto Tassinari
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Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies
Journal of Child Neurology, 2002The progressive myoclonic epilepsies are a rare but extremely debilitating group of disorders that are difficult to diagnose and even harder to treat. They represent a heterogeneous subgroup of those with secondary generalized epilepsy. Efficacy of treatment is often measured in terms of slowing a patient's inevitable decline.
Basim M., Uthman, Andreas, Reichl
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Nitrazepam in Myoclonic Epilepsies
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1966MYOCLONIC seizures of infancy and early childhood are generally resistant to conventional anticonvulsant drugs although their treatment has been facilitated in part by the use of corticotropin. 1,2 Corticotropin is advocated particularly in young infants with hypsarhythmia in the electroencephalogram; a beneficial response is unrelated to the apparent ...
J G, Millichap, W R, Ortiz
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Epilepsia, 1996
Summary:We describe 2 patients with chronic alcoholism who over a period of several years developed epilepsy associated with a cerebellar syndrome and action myoclonus. The clinical picture suggested progressive myoclonic epilepsy, but subsequent investigations did not confirm this diagnosis. Myoclonus worsened during abstinence and was relieved during
F, Bartolomei +3 more
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Summary:We describe 2 patients with chronic alcoholism who over a period of several years developed epilepsy associated with a cerebellar syndrome and action myoclonus. The clinical picture suggested progressive myoclonic epilepsy, but subsequent investigations did not confirm this diagnosis. Myoclonus worsened during abstinence and was relieved during
F, Bartolomei +3 more
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Archives of Neurology, 2001
A one of the most common types of idiopathic epilepsies, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) has been the subject of intensive research, which culminated in a comprehensive monograph,' published in honor of Prof Dieter Janz, after whom the condition is often named.
P, Genton, P, Gelisse
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A one of the most common types of idiopathic epilepsies, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) has been the subject of intensive research, which culminated in a comprehensive monograph,' published in honor of Prof Dieter Janz, after whom the condition is often named.
P, Genton, P, Gelisse
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Epilepsy with Myoclonic Absences
CNS Drugs, 2006Among the epileptic syndromes that are defined mainly on the basis of a characteristic seizure type, epilepsy with myoclonic absences (EMA) stands out as a somewhat controversial entity. This is because the sound and evident clinical characteristics on which it was identified some 30 years ago have evolved, mostly as a consequence of changes in the ...
Pierre, Genton, Michelle, Bureau
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Progressive myoclonic epilepsy
Neurology India, 2010Progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME) is a disease complex and is characterized by the development of relentlessly progressive myoclonus, cognitive impairment, ataxia, and other neurologic deficits. It encompasses different diagnostic entities and the common causes include Lafora body disease, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses, Unverricht-Lundborg disease,
Satishchandra, P., Sinha, S.
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Progressive myoclonic epilepsy
The Cerebellum, 2004Progressive myoclonic epilepsies (PMEs) are a group of rare disorders characterized by the occurrence of seizures, myoclonus, and progressive neurological dysfunction. This article discusses epidemiology, genetics, pathology, clinical manifestations, EEG characteristics, methods of diagnosis and treatment of the most common causes of PME, including ...
Zupanc, Mary M.L., Legros, Benjamin
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Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies
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Legros, Benjamin, Zupanc, Mary M.L.
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