PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY IN YOUNG-ADULTS WITH NEUROPATHOLOGIC FEATURES OF ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

Authors
MELANSON M NALBANTOGLU J BERKOVIC S MELMED C ANDERMANN E ROBERTS LJ CARPENTER S SNIPES GJ ANDERMANN F
Citation
M. Melanson et al., PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY IN YOUNG-ADULTS WITH NEUROPATHOLOGIC FEATURES OF ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE, Neurology, 49(6), 1997, pp. 1732-1733
Citations number
10
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
49
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1732 - 1733
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1997)49:6<1732:PMEIYW>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME) may develop in adult life. We pre sent two patients with PME appearing around the age of 30 years in who m the disorder represented a manifestation of Alzheimer's disease. Thi s diagnosis must be considered in addition to possible Kufs' disease o r myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF) when PME develops in young adults.