Ictal vomiting as an initial symptom of severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: a case report.

doi:10.1177/0883073808327839

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Ictal vomiting as an initial symptom of severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: a case report.

Journal of child neurology - 1 Feb 2009

Hino-Fukuyo Naomi, Haginoya Kazuhiro, Togashi Noriko, Uematsu Mitsugu, Kitamura Taro, Kakisaka Yosuke, Ishitobi Mamiko, Wakusawa Keisuke, Iinuma Kazuie, Oguni Hirokazu, Yamakawa Kazuhiro, Tsuchiya Shigeru

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We report on 3-year-old Japanese twin brothers suffering from ictal vomiting during infancy. Intractable seizures, including generalized tonic-clonic convulsions, and myoclonic seizures persisted in late infancy. The diagnosis of severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy was confirmed by detecting a mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel alpha subunit type gene. This is the first case report addressing ictal...

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