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myoclonic epilepsy
Clinical manifestations:
- myoclonic seizure
Management:
- patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy require lifelong anticonvulsant therapy [1]
Interactions
disease interactions
Related
myoclonus
seizure; epileptic seizure
Specific
juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (of Janz)
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (epileptic encephalopathy, Lennox-Gastaut type)
myoclonus epilepsy of Unverricht-Lundborg (EPM1)
progressive myoclonic epilepsy 2A; myoclonic epilepsy of Lafora (MELF)
progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 1
severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SMEI); Dravet syndrome
General
epilepsy
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19
Board Basics. An Enhancement to MKSAP19.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2022