Interictal myoclonus with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia.
We report a new association between interictal myoclonus and paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) in 2 patients. By definition, PKD is transient, but the overexcitability of the neuronal system that induces these attacks may be permanent. Interictal myoclonus could be a manifestation of permanent overexcitability.
Cochen De Cock
Valerie
V
Service de neurologie, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, France. valerie.cochen@sat.aphp.fr
Bourdain
Frederic
F
Apartis
Emmanuelle
E
Trocello
Jean Marc
JM
Roze
Emmanuel
E
Vidailhet
Marie
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D002819:Chorea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007699:Kinesthesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000187:drug effects
D000927:Anticonvulsants