Neonatal sleep myoclonus followed by myoclonic-astatic epilepsy: a case report.
Neonatal sleep myoclonus documented polygraphically during the second month of life and subsequent development of a seizure disorder are reported in a 3-year-old boy. Several generalized tonic-clonic seizures associated with febrile illnesses occurred during the first year of life; astatic and myoclonic attacks began at age 13 months. A complex partial seizure occurred for the first time at age 3 years. Differential diagnosis of age-related generalized myoclonic epileptic syndromes and various forms of neonatal myoclonus were considered in this unusual case.
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University Children's Hospital, Tuebingen F.R.G.
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed