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Case Reports
. 1996 Apr;37(4):406-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00579.x.

Myoclonic alcoholic epilepsy

F Bartolomei  1 , Azulay J-P, M Barrie, Gastaut J-L
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Case Reports

Myoclonic alcoholic epilepsy

F Bartolomei et al. Epilepsia. 1996 Apr.

Abstract

We describe 2 patients with chronic alcoholism who over a period of several years developed epilepsy associated with a cerebellar syndrome and action myoclonus. The clinical picture suggested progressive myoclonic epilepsy, but subsequent investigations did not confirm this diagnosis. Myoclonus worsened during abstinence and was relieved during indulgence. We believe that this special clinical syndrome should be recognized as a complication of chronic alcoholism.

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