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. 2012 Aug 28;2:tre-02-82-472-2. doi: 10.7916/D8ST7NKK

Table 2. Clinical and Electrophysiological Features of Relatives of the Dutch Familial Cortical Myoclonic Tremor with Epilepsy Pedigree, in Whom Additional Tests Were Performed1618, 22, 23, 53.

FCMTE Age Gender Symptoms (age at onset)
AEDs Electrophysiology
Additional Tests Performed
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.

1

Age of death.

2

Current case.