Epileptic Disorders
MENUJerking during absences: video-EEG and polygraphy of epileptic myoclonus associated with two paediatric epilepsy syndromes Volume 23, issue 1, February 2021
Myoclonic absence: impairment of awareness, a fixed gaze, deviation of the head to the right and rhythmic clonic movements of the head, eyelids and upper limbs predominating on the left side for 15-20 s.
> DownloadNegative myoclonias, each one followed by rhythmic jerks corresponding to the recovery of the muscular tone identifiable only when the child moved her arms or when the arms were outstretched.
Atypical absence with atonic component. When patient was lying, only blinking and rhythmic left upper limb jerks were observed.