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Fixation‐off—sensitive epilepsy in eyelid myoclonia with absence seizures
Author(s) -
Panayiotopoulos Chrysostomos P.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410220120
Subject(s) - eyelid , myoclonus , epilepsy , fixation (population genetics) , medicine , psychology , neuroscience , anesthesia , ophthalmology , population , environmental health
Fixation‐off—sensitive epilepsy is documented in a patient with eyelid myoclonia with absences. A series of simple electroencephalographic techniques showed that elimination of visual fixation is the actual stimulus for the eyelid myoclonus.