PMID- 12755056
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030627
LR  - 20180222
IS  - 0029-0831 (Print)
IS  - 0029-0831 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 3
DP  - 2003 May
TI  - [Three cases of benign myoclonus of early infancy].
PG  - 243-8
AB  - Benign myoclonus of early infancy (BMEI) is a non-epileptic paroxysmal 
      phenomenon. Some patients with BMEI were mistakenly treated as infantile spasms, 
      because the fits resemble to tonic spasms in infantile spasms and they occur in 
      cluster. However, the patients have normal development and no abnormal 
      electroencephalograms (EEG), and the fits spontaneously subside without sequelae. 
      There are only a few reports on BMEI, and it is not widely recognized in Japan. 
      We report three cases of BMEI. All the cases were suspected to have infantile 
      spasms from the characteristic features of paroxysmal events, and the parents had 
      strong anxiety because of recurrent fits. However, the fits decreased 
      dramatically in about three months, and spontaneously disappeared within one year 
      without any sequelae. BMEI might be included in cases of suspected infantile 
      spasms, and such patients should be followed by monthly EEG examinations and 
      close observation for other seizure phenomena. To avoid unnecessary treatments, 
      such patients should be observed without any therapeutic trials including 
      antiepileptic drugs.
FAU - Fujikawa, Yoshinao
AU  - Fujikawa Y
AD  - Second Department of Pediatrics, Ohashi Hospital, Toho University School of 
      Medicine, Tokyo.
FAU - Sugai, Kenji
AU  - Sugai K
FAU - Iwasaki, Yuji
AU  - Iwasaki Y
LA  - jpn
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - No To Hattatsu
JT  - No to hattatsu = Brain and development
JID - 0215224
SB  - IM
MH  - Diagnosis, Differential
MH  - *Electroencephalography
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Myoclonus/diagnosis/*etiology
MH  - Spasms, Infantile/diagnosis
EDAT- 2003/05/21 05:00
MHDA- 2003/06/28 05:00
CRDT- 2003/05/21 05:00
PHST- 2003/05/21 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/06/28 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/05/21 05:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - No To Hattatsu. 2003 May;35(3):243-8.