Myoclonic epilepsy

Myoclonic epilepsy
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MeSH	[1]

Myoclonic epilepsy refers to a family of epilepsies which present with myoclonus.

They are divided into two main families:

• progressive myoclonic epilepsy
• juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

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v • d • e Seizures and epilepsy Partial/focal Simple partial · Complex partial · by location (Temporal lobe epilepsy, Frontal lobe epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy) · Jacksonian seizure · Nocturnal epilepsy Generalised Tonic-clonic · Absence seizure · Atonic seizure · Automatism · Benign familial neonatal · Lennox-Gastaut · West Status epilepticus Epilepsia partialis continua · Complex partial status epilepticus Myoclonic epilepsy Progressive myoclonic epilepsy (Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy, Unverricht-Lundborg disease, MERRF syndrome, Lafora disease) · Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy Other Postictal state (Todd's paresis) · Landau-Kleffner syndrome see also seizure types, Epileptogenesis, antiepileptics

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