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Benign Infantile Nocturnal Myoclonus
Author(s) -
BLENNOW GÖSTA
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1985.tb11018.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myoclonus , myoclonic jerk , nocturnal , pediatrics , myoclonic epilepsy , epilepsy , sleep (system call) , anesthesia , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
. Myoclonic jerks during sleep is a normal phenomenon seen also in infancy. Sometimes the episodes can be extended both in duration and seizure type. When this happens it should be differentiated from epilepsy and treatment is not needed. Five cases are reported.