Epileptic Disorders
MENUMyoclonic jerks are commonly associated with absence seizures in early-onset absence epilepsy Volume 19, issue 2, June 2017
Authors
Aim
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
- Key words: typical absence seizure, early-onset absence epilepsy, childhood absence epilepsy, myoclonus, paediatric epilepsy syndrome
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2017.0905
- Page(s) : 137-46
- Published in: 2017
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.