In:
Journal of Child Neurology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 24, No. 2 ( 2009-02), p. 228-230
Abstract:
We report on 3-year-old Japanese twin brothers suffering from ictal vomiting during infancy. Intractable seizures, including generalized tonic-clonic convulsions, and myoclonic seizures persisted in late infancy. The diagnosis of severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy was confirmed by detecting a mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel alpha subunit type gene. This is the first case report addressing ictal vomiting as the initial presentation of severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0883-0738
,
1708-8283
DOI:
10.1177/0883073808327839
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2009
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2068710-2
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