juvenile myoclonic syndrome

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• Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G40.3 ICD 9 345.1 …   Wikipedia

• juvenile myoclonic epilepsy — n epilepsy that typically begins during adolescence or late childhood and is marked by myoclonic seizures which occur shortly after awakening and are often followed by tonic clonic seizures or sometimes by absence seizures * * * a syndrome of… …   Medical dictionary

• Myoclonic astatic epilepsy — Myoclonic astatic epilepsy, also known as Doose syndrome, is a generalized idiopathic epilepsy. Generalized means that it affects both hemispheres of the brain. Idiopathic means the reason for the seizures is unknown and is most likely hereditary …   Wikipedia

• Myoclonic epilepsy — Classification and external resources MeSH D004831 Myoclonic epilepsy refers to a family of epilepsies which present with myoclonus. They are divided into two main families: progressive myoclonic epilepsy juvenil …   Wikipedia

• myoclonic epilepsy — n : epilepsy marked by myoclonic seizures: as a) juvenile myoclonic epilepsy b) lafora disease * * * myoclonus epilepsy any of a group of disorders, of varying etiologies, in which seizures (epilepsy) are accompanied by muscle contractions… …   Medical dictionary

• Junior Myoclonic Epilepsy — Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) [ [http://www.e epilepsy.org.uk/pages/articles/show article.cfm?id=33 E epilepsy The significance of the syndromic diagnosis of the epilepsies ] ] is an idiopathic generalized epileptic syndrome with distinctive… …   Wikipedia

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

• Janz syndrome — juvenile myoclonic epilepsy …   Medical dictionary

• Progressive myoclonic epilepsy — Classification and external resources ICD 9 333.2 MeSH D020191 Progressive myo …   Wikipedia

• West syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G40.4 ICD 9 345.6 …   Wikipedia

• MERRF syndrome — Classification and external resources Example of ragged red fibers in MELAS syndrome. ICD 10 G …   Wikipedia