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Myoclonic jerks are commonly associated with absence seizures in early-onset absence epilepsy Volume 19, numéro 2, June 2017

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  • Myoclonic jerks are commonly associated with absence seizures in early-onset absence epilepsy

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Auteurs
1 AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service des explorations fonctionnelles, Paris
2 Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM UMR1141, Paris
3 AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de neurologie pédiatrique et des maladies métaboliques, Paris, France
* Correspondence: Stéphane Auvin Service de neurologie pédiatrique et des maladies métaboliques, CHU Hôpital Robert Debré, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75935 Paris cedex 19, France

Aim

Typical absence seizures are observed in various epilepsy syndromes, however, few series have focused on early-onset absence epilepsy (EOAE). We aimed to evaluate the occurrence of this seizure type in children under 4 years of age in order to evaluate their electroclinical characteristics and outcome.