title: Interictal myoclonus with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, France. valerie.cochen@sat.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cochen De Cock
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bourdain
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Apartis
authors.forename: Jean Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Trocello
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roze
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vidailhet
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants