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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan;14(1):100-101.
doi: 10.3988/jcn.2018.14.1.100. Epub 2017 Sep 27.

Myoclonic Status Epilepticus of Unknown Etiology in an Elderly Patient

Hyun Kyung Kim  1
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Case Reports

Myoclonic Status Epilepticus of Unknown Etiology in an Elderly Patient

Hyun Kyung Kim. J Clin Neurol. 2018 Jan.
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Conflict of interest statement

The author has no financial conflicts of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Diffusion-weighted imaging (A) revealed no acute lesion and FLAIR imaging (B) revealed bilateral ischemic lesions in the subcortical areas. Gradient echo imaging (C) and MRA (D) revealed no specific abnormality. EEG showed abundant bursts of high-voltage generalized polyspikes with a normal background. Some isolated interictal spikes (arrows) were evident between or preceding the bursts (E). EEG: electroencephalogram, FLAIR: fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, MRA: magnetic resonance angiography.
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