title: [Myoclonus].
abstract: Myoclonus (myos: muscles and klonos: agitation. jerk) reflect some dysfunction of the central nervous system. Their multiform clinical presentations correlate to various physiopathological mechanisms and neuropharmacological substrates, still imprecisely known. The etiologies are quite numerous but it is important to distinguish from the physiologic forms epileptic, symptomatic, essential or segmental myoclonus. The treatment, largely depending of the underlying cause, mainly includes clonazepam and valproate.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie réparatrice et de réhabilitation Clinique Le Pèri, Liège.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gonce
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology