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Case Reports in Neurology, 2020 Epileptic seizures are common in the elderly Down syndrome population. We encountered a patient with Down syndrome in whom karyotyping showed the rare isodicentric chromosome 21 and who suffered from myoclonic seizures.
Koji Obara +3 more
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Amiloride but not memantine reduces neurodegeneration, seizures and myoclonic jerks in rats with cardiac arrest-induced global cerebral hypoxia and reperfusion. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 It has been reported that both activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and acid-sensing ion channels during cerebral ischemic insult contributed to brain injury.
Kwok Keung Tai, Daniel D Truong
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Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2023 Progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME) is characterized by prominent myoclonus, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and less often focal, tonic, or absence seizures.
Michał Sobstyl +5 more
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Atypical clinical presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2013 SSPE (Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis) is a chronic and slowly progressive inflammatory disease of the central nervous system caused by a persistent measles virus usually affecting the childhood and adolescent age group.
Adina Roceanu +2 more
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Mystery Case: A young boy with myoclonic jerks [PDF]
Neurology, 2013 A 16-year-old right-handed boy presented for consultation for recent development of seizures. He is the product of a normal pregnancy and delivery without a history of developmental delay, head trauma, or family history of epilepsy. A year and a half prior to our consultation, the patient noted that his hand would suddenly jerk across the page while ...
Camelia, Musleh +2 more
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Late-Onset Generalized Myoclonic Seizure: Case Report
Archives of Epilepsy, 2021 Most of the epileptic seizures that begin at an advanced age are focal onset seizures due to an underlying structural lesion. Generalized myoclonic seizures, usually seen in adolescence, are very rare in elderly patients without a history of epilepsy. In
Hülya ÖZKAN +4 more
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Recurrent Falls as the Only Clinical Sign of Cortical–Subcortical Myoclonus: A Case Report
NeuroSci, 2023 Some authors use the term cortical–subcortical myoclonus to identify a specific type of myoclonus, which differs from classical cortical myoclonus in that the abnormal neuronal activity spreads between the cortical and subcortical circuits, producing ...
Giulia De Napoli +8 more
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CLINICAL AND GENETIC HETEROGENITY OF JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY
Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния, 2016 The idiopathic generalized epilepsies constitute roughly one-third of all epilepsies. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (Janz syndrome) is characterized by myoclonic jerks on awakening, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and typical absences, with the latter ...
N. A. Shnayder +4 more
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Novel GLDC variants causing nonketotic hyperglycinemia in Chinese patients
Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2022 Glycine decarboxylase gene (GLDC) mutations cause nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH). Patients of NKH usually have heterogeneous phenotypes including respiratory failure, lethargy, myoclonic jerks, and hypotonia. The excessive glycine accumulation in brain
Zhao Xiangyue +7 more
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Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 Convulsion is a typical symptom associated with epilepsy. Jatropha gossypifolia, a common plant in Ghana, has been used traditionally for the management of epilepsy. This study was carried out to ascertain the scientific basis for the traditional utility
Gideon Drafor +4 more
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