Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

The most common hereditary idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome and is characterized by myoclonic jerks of the upper limbs on awakening, generalized tonic-clonic seizures manifesting during adolescence and triggered by sleep deprivation, alcohol intake, and cognitive activities, and typical absence seizures (30% of cases).

Also known as: EJM, JME, epilepsy, myoclonic juvenile, juvenile myoclonus epilepsy, myoclonic epilepsy, juvenile, myoclonic epilepsy, juvenile, 1, myoclonic epilepsy, juvenile, susceptibility to, 1, petit mal, impulsive

10 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types.