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Progressive myoclonus epilepsy in young adults with neuropathologic features of Alzheimer's disease
M Melanson1, J Nalbantoglu, S Berkovic
1Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute, Quebec, Canada.
Neurology
|December 31, 1997
Abstract:
Progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME) may develop in adult life. We present two patients with PME appearing around the age of 30 years in whom the disorder represented a manifestation of Alzheimer's disease. This diagnosis must be considered in addition to possible Kufs' disease or myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF) when PME develops in young adults.