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Nocturnal variant of benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy: a case series
Author(s) -
Prabhu Aparna M.,
Pathak Sheel,
Khurana Divya,
Legido Agustin,
Carvalho Karen,
Valencia Ignacio
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
epileptic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1950-6945
pISSN - 1294-9361
DOI - 10.1684/epd.2014.0642
Subject(s) - myoclonic jerk , myoclonus , electroencephalography , myoclonic epilepsy , epilepsy , medicine , neurology , progressive myoclonus epilepsy , psychology , audiology , neuroscience , anesthesia
Myoclonus is a brief, rapid, involuntary muscle jerk originating in the central nervous system that can be physiological or a symptom of disease. We report a group of five children with excessive myoclonic jerks, only during sleep, and abnormal EEG during the events. Although only one third of the events had EEG epileptiform correlate, the presence of myoclonus without epileptiform EEG correlate has been described in patients with benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy. We hypothesize that these findings may represent a variant of benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy.