Benign myoclonus of early childhood
Fejerman, N.
Anales Espanoles de Pediatria 21(8): 725-731
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0302-4342 PMID: 6529025 Document Number: 239786
In 1976/77 we presented a group of small infants starting between four and nine months of age with repeated jerks of head and arms. They showed no neurological abnormalities and several EEGs in each case were normal. The term "benign myoclonus of early infancy" was proposed. Differential diagnosis are discussed in this paper, as a larger personal series of 18 children with a follow-up during four to sixteen years is analyzed. Special emphasis is given to good prognosis of "benign myoclonus of early infancy" and the differences with cryptogenetic cases of West syndrome.