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. 2003 May 3;326(7396):975–976. doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7396.975

Table.

Clinical details of 15 infants with sleep myoclonus

Case
Sleep myoclonus
Rhythmic myoclonus
Electroencephalography
Neuroimaging
Treatment
Outcome
Onset (day of life)
Age resolved
General
Focal
Between episodes
During episodes
Ultrasound
CCT/MRI
1 7 3 months Present Present Normal Normal Normal MRI normal Phenobarbitone, phenytoin, diazepam Normal
2 2 6 weeks Present Absent Normal Normal Normal ND Phenobarbitone Normal
3 4 3 months Present Absent Normal Normal Normal ND Phenobarbitone Normal
4 8 2 months Present Present Normal ND Normal ND None Normal
5 4 7 months Present Present Normal ND Normal ND Phenobarbitone, phenytoin Normal
6 7 3 years Present Absent Normal Normal Normal ND Phenobarbitone, carbamazepine Normal
7 7 4 weeks Present Absent Normal Normal Normal ND None Normal
8 5 3 months Present Present Normal ND Normal ND None Normal
9 7 6 months Present Present Normal ND Normal ND None Normal
10 7 4 months Present Present Normal ND ND ND None Normal
11 28 5 months Present Present Normal Normal ND ND None Normal
12 5 9 weeks Present Absent Normal ND Normal CCT normal Phenobarbitone Normal
13 8 4 months Present Absent Normal ND Normal CCT normal Phenobarbitone Normal
14 7 3 months Present Absent Normal ND Normal ND None Normal
15 2 3 months Present Present Normal ND Normal ND None Normal

ND = investigation not done; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; CCT = cranial computed tomography.