Benign non-epileptic myoclonus of early infancy

paroxysmal, non-epileptic movement disorder of otherwise healthy infants who have normal EEG and development^[1]^[2]^[3]
‘benign non-epileptic infantile spasms’ is descriptively more accurate than myoclonus^[4]
thought to be the same condition as ‘shuddering attacks’^[5].

1. ^a Lombroso CT, Fejerman N. Benign myoclonus of early infancy. Ann Neurol. 1977 Feb;1(2):138-43. doi: 10.1002/ana.410010206.

2. ^a Pachatz C, Fusco L, Vigevano F. Benign myoclonus of early infancy. Epileptic Disord. 1999 Mar;1(1):57-61.

3. ^a Maydell BV, Berenson F, Rothner AD, Wyllie E, Kotagal P. Benign myoclonus of early infancy: an imitator of West's syndrome. J Child Neurol. 2001 Feb;16(2):109-12. doi: 10.1177/088307380101600208.

4. ^a Dravet C, Giraud N, Bureau M, Roger J, Gobbi G, Dalla Bernardina B. Benign myoclonus of early infancy or benign non-epileptic infantile spasms. Neuropediatrics. 1986 Feb;17(1):33-8. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1052496.

5. ^a Kanazawa O. Shuddering attacks-report of four children. Pediatr Neurol. 2000 Nov;23(5):421-4. doi: 10.1016/s0887-8994(00)00205-8.