Journal article
Peri-oral myoclonia with absences with multiple facial and upper body myoclonia: Overlap epilepsy syndrome
Abstract
A 17-years old girl presented with an 8-year history of absences with peri-oral twitching, eyelid twitching and head nodding, with poor response to anti-epileptic drugs. Video EEG revealed ictal and inter-ictal generalized spike wave discharges, and absences with peri-oral (predominant), eyelid, neck and shoulder myoclonia. There was also prominent eye closure sensitivity. Conundrums regarding epilepsy syndrome classification and …
Authors
Gulati P; Jain P; Qashqari H; Bradbury L; Cooper P; Otsubo H; Whitney R
Journal
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, Vol. 54, , pp. 135–137
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.jocn.2018.06.008
ISSN
0967-5868