title: Progressive myoclonus epilepsy in young adults with neuropathologic features of Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME) may develop in adult life. We present two patients with PME appearing around the age of 30 years in whom the disorder represented a manifestation of Alzheimer's disease. This diagnosis must be considered in addition to possible Kufs' disease or myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF) when PME develops in young adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melanson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nalbantoglu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berkovic
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Melmed
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andermann
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Snipes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Andermann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male