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has gloss | eng: Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy(JME) is an idiopathic generalized epileptic syndrome with distinctive clinical and EEG features. Prevalence is 8-10% among adult patients with seizures. Fifteen percent of children with childhood absence epilepsy later develop JME. It also is more likely in people who have family members with generalized epilepsy. It is characterized by myoclonic jerks on awakening, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and typical absences, which occur in around one-third of patients. Seizures have an age-related onset. Myoclonic jerks are the defining seizures starting in the mid-teens and occurring mainly on awakening, particularly after sleep deprivation. The tendency to seizures is probably life-long. The management of JME differs from standard medical practice for the treatment of ‘epilepsy' in several important respects. |
lexicalization | eng: Junior Myoclonic Epilepsy |
instance of | c/Epilepsy types |
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