Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy (BAFME) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by adult-onset cortical tremor or action myoclonus predominantly in the upper limbs, and generalized ...

J Child Neurol. 2004;19(8):571-578. Patients with an isolated visually induced seizure in special circumstances, with or without a photoparoxysmal response on the EEG. This group comprises patients ...

This is an epilepsy that is idiopathic and typically begins in children between 3 and 13 years of age. Most commonly it starts before onset of puberty. There are simple partial seizures that involve ...

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a type of epilepsy that starts in childhood or the teen years. People who have it wake up from sleep with quick, jerking movements of their arms and legs. These ...

Provoked seizures are not considered to be epilepsy, which is defined as two or more unprovoked seizures, and provoked seizures typically do not require long-term treatment with antiseizure medication ...

Myoclonus is a sudden, random muscle jerk. It can happen alone or stem from a medical condition. Possible causes include medication side effects, damage to the nervous system, and disorders that ...

Research groups have described in collaboration a novel myoclonic epilepsy in dogs and identified its genetic cause. The study reveals a novel candidate gene for human myoclonic epilepsies, one of the ...

Myoclonus is a sudden and involuntary muscle spasm. It is usually a symptom of an underlying disorder and can interfere with eating, talking, and walking. The movement is involuntary and can’t be ...

Myoclonus (pronounced "my-OCK-lo-nus") is a sudden muscle spasm that you can’t control. It can be a natural reflex – like jumping when something scares you or getting the hiccups from laughing too ...