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Abstract
Myoclonus is a sudden brief involuntary activity and is either epileptic or non-epileptic. Myoclonic seizures are common in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and in the much rarer childhood epilepsies, such as Dravet syndrome and Doose syndrome. However, they also occur at any age in adults. Myoclonic seizures may occur in cortical stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Lance-Adams syndrome, autoimmune limbic encephalitis and toxic-metabolic disorders. Clarithromycin may also cause myoclonic status epilepticus. We report a patient with myoclonic status epilepticus induced by clarithromycin.
- MYOCLONUS
- EPILEPSY
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Contributors Sole author, assessment of the patient, interpretation of the EEG, video recording, preparation of the manuscript, review of the literature were performed by MSB.
Funding The author has not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned. Externally peer reviewed by Udo Weishmann, London, UK.
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