title: Neck myoclonia with absence seizures in an Indian girl.
abstract: Absence seizures associated with myoclonic phenomena have been associated with 4 seizure types. Recently, a new seizure type of neck myoclonia with absences was described. We present a case of 9-year-old girl who presented with abnormal head shaking and vacant stare for the past 5 months with an ictal electroencephalograph (EEG) record showing 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharges. The seizures were easily controlled with valproate and clobazam. Neck myoclonia with absences might be a new idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome in development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Puneet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India sharma.suvasini@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Suvasini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Satinder
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aneja
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D000078306:Clobazam; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014741:Video Recording
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D000078306:Clobazam; D014635:Valproic Acid
keywords: absence seizures; idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome; neck myoclonia