Pathologic myoclonus of the newborn: electrographic and clinical correlations.
Previous reports have described neonatal myoclonus as a benign movement in healthy premature newborns or as a clinical seizure in neonates with severe encephalopathies. The present report describes electroencephalographic-myoclonic correlations which occur independently from sustained electrical discharges in ten neonates. Cortical, reticular, and segmental types of neonatal myoclonus, similar to adult forms, are described.
D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012307:Risk Factors