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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is the most common generalized epilepsy syndrome. It is also called Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy of Janz. It usually is first seen in adolescence. Less commonly, it can develop in a child who has had childhood absence epilepsy.
22 Οκτ 2023 · Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a type of epilepsy that starts in in childhood or the teen years. People who have it wake up from sleep with quick, jerking movements of their arms...
Signs and symptoms. There are three principal seizure types which may occur in JME: myoclonus, generalized tonic–clonic seizures and absence seizures. Approximately one-third of patients have all three seizure types. [13] .
26 Σεπ 2023 · Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a seizure disorder that begins during childhood or adolescence. It is sometimes called juvenile myoclonic epilepsy of Janz or Janz syndrome.
Symptoms of Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. There are 3 different types of seizures that people with JME may get. These are called myoclonic, tonic-clonic and absence seizures. All people with JME have myoclonic seizures. Myoclonic seizures cause sudden jerks of the muscles in the arms, legs, or whole body.
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Symptoms. The main symptom of JME is having myoclonic seizures that occur any time. These are more likely when a person wakes up, either in the morning or from a nap. These seizures involve sudden, quick, small jerks of the arms and shoulder and, less often, the legs. These movements may be limited to the hands.
2 Φεβ 2023 · Introduction. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), otherwise known as Janz syndrome and impulsive petit mal, is an idiopathic, hereditary, and generalized form of epilepsy. It was first described by Herpin in 1867, later on by Janz and Christian in 1957 as 'impulsive petit mal,' and by Lund in 1975 as JME.
