A 25-year follow-up study reveals that 68% of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) became seizure-free, with nearly 30% no longer needing antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment. A 25-year ... A collaborative study describes a novel myoclonic epilepsy syndrome in dogs for the first time and discovers its genetic cause at DIRAS1 gene.
The affected dogs developed myoclonic seizures at young ... Nature: Typical progression of myoclonic epilepsy of the Lafora type: a case report Background A 20-year-old woman presented to a specialist epilepsy center with a 3-year history of drug-resistant epileptic seizures, progressive myoclonus, ataxia, and cognitive decline. Typical progression of myoclonic epilepsy of the Lafora type: a case report Yahoo News Singapore: Living with growing muscle weakness, movement challenges and seizures Nature: A newly identified locus for benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy on chromosome 3q26.32-3q28 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 ...
