Myoclonic epilepsy of late onset in trisomy 21 Epilepsia mioclônica de início tardio na trissomia 21

We report the case of a patient with trisomy 21 (T21) with late onset epilepsy. The electro-clinical features were of myoclonic jerks on awakening and generalised tonic clonic seizures, with generalised spike and wave on EEG, and a progressive dementia. As familial Alzheimer's dementia and prog...

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Main Authors: Lm. Li, M.F. O'donoghue, J.W.A.S. Sander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1995-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1995000500014