Table 2. Clinical and Electrophysiological Features of Relatives of the Dutch Familial Cortical Myoclonic Tremor with Epilepsy Pedigree, in Whom Additional Tests Were Performed16–18, 22, 23, 53.
FCMTE | Age | Gender | Symptoms (age at onset) |
AEDs | Electrophysiology |
Additional Tests Performed |
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Tremor | Myocl Seiz | GTCS | EEG | g-SEP | LLR | PA | Polymyography | Coherence | fMRI | TMS | Eye move | ||||
II:3 | 811 | F | 40 | 44? | 44 | VPA, PHT | ± | n.d. | n.d. | + | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
II:11 | 681 | F | + | ? | + | PB, CBZ | s-w | n.d. | n.d. | + | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
III:1 | 60 | M | 45 | – | 52 | VPA, CBZ | s-w | + | – | n.d. | + | + | + | + | + |
III:5 | 57 | M | 30 | 30 | 43 | OCB, CZP | s-w | – | ? | n.d. | + | + | + | + | + |
III:102 | 501 | F | 38 | – | 42 | VPA, CZP | ± | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
III:19 | 51 | M | 19 | 20 | 20 | PB, VPA, CBZ | s-w | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | + | + | + | n.d. | n.d. |
III:20 | 54 | M | 12 | 13? | 31 | VPA, CZP | ? | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | + | + | + | n.d. | n.d. |
IV:1 | 41 | M | 22 | – | – | – | normal | + | + | n.d. | + | + | + | + | + |
IV:2 | 39 | F | 20 | – | – | – | normal | + | + | n.d. | + | + | + | + | + |
IV:8 | 27 | F | 12 | – | – | – | normal | + | + | n.d. | + | + | + | + | + |
IV:9 | 21 | F | + | – | – | – | n.d. | + | + | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | + |
Abbreviations: AEDs, antiepileptic drugs; CBZ, clobazam; Coherence, corticomuscular and intermuscular coherence analysis; CZP, clonazepam; EEG, electroencephalogram; Eye move, eye movement recordings; F, female; FCMTE, familial cortical myoclonic tremor with epilepsy; fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging; g-SEP, giant sensory evoked potential; GTCS, generalized tonic–clonic seizure; LLR, long latency reflex; M, male; Myocl Seiz, myoclonic seizure; n.d., not done; OCB, oxcarbamazepine; PA, neuropathology post-mortem; PB, phenobarbital; PHT, phenytoin; s-w, spike-wave complexes; TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation; VPA, valproic acid.
+, present or performed; –, not observed or none; ±, some, not specific; ?, not known.
Age of death.
Current case.