Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME)
Evidence-based neurology checklist on juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (jme): Epidemiology The onset age is typically 12-18 years It may start as late as the 8th decade There is a positive family history in about 50% of cases Myoclonic features Reflex features Other seizure types Triggers for seizures…
Epidemiology
- The onset age is typically 12-18 years
- It may start as late as the 8th decade
- There is a positive family history in about 50% of cases
Myoclonic features
Reflex features
Other seizure types
Triggers for seizures
Cognitive features
Adult onset features
Risk factors for refractory JME
Electroencephalogram (EEG): features
Treatment
Contraindicated treatments which induce myoclonus
Contraindicated treatments which worsen seizures
Synonym
References
- Renganathan R, Delanty N. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: under-appreciated and under-diagnosed. Postgrad Med J 2003; 79:78-80.
- Nicolson A, Chadwick DW, Smith DF. A comparison of adult onset and "classical" idiopathic generalised epilepsy. JNNP 2004; 75:72-74.
- Reichsoellner J, Larch J, Unterberger I, et al. Idiopathic generalised epilepsy of late onset: a separate nosological entity? JNNP 2010; 81:1218-1222.
- Toth V, Rasonyi G, Fogarasi A, Kovaks N, Auer T, Janszky J. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy starting in the eighth decade. Epileptic Disord 2007; 9:341-345.
- Uchida CG, de Carvalho KC, Guaranha MS, et al. Phenotyping juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Praxis induction as a biomarker of unfavorable prognosis. Seizure 2015; 32:62-68.
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