Reflex Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy

Abstract

Six neurologically normal infants, aged 6-21 months, with attacks resembling benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy but occurring as reflex responses to auditory and tactile stimuli are reported from Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy.

Keywords

• myoclonic epilepsy
• febrile convulsions
• polyspike-and-wave