[Benign reflex myoclonic epilepsy in infants]

Autor: J C, Cuvellier, M D, Lamblin, J M, Cuisset, L, Vallée, J P, Nuyts
Jazyk: francouzština
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie. 4(8)
ISSN: 0929-693X
Popis: Myoclonic epilepsy of infancy are seldom benign.A 25-month old girl developed myoclonic jerks either spontaneously either as reflex responses to auditory and tactile stimuli, such as sudden touching of the face or trunk from the age of 4 months. The jerks disappeared after valproate therapy. Neurological examination was normal with a follow-up of 9 months.This condition resembles that described in 1995 by Ricci et al. In must be differentiated from other myoclonic epilepsies of infancy, reflex epilepsies and hyperekplexia. It could be the earliest from of idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
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