Preferred Name | Severe_Myoclonic_Epilepsy_in_Infancy | |
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http://www.semanticweb.org/rjyy/ontologies/2015/5/ESSO#Severe_Myoclonic_Epilepsy_in_Infancy |
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Severe_Myoclonic_Epilepsy_in_Infancy |
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ILAE 1989 Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy is a recently defined syndrome. The characteristics include a family history of epilepsy or febrile convulsions, normal development before onset, seizures beginning during the first year of life in the form of generalized or unilateral febrile clonic seizures, secondary appearance of myoclonic jerks, and often partial seizures. EEGs show generalized spike-waves and polyspike-waves, early photosensitivity, and focal abnormalities. Psychomotor development is retarded from the second year of life on, and ataxia, pyramidal signs, and interictal myoclonus appear. This type of epilepsy is very resistant to all forms of treatment. |
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http://www.semanticweb.org/rjyy/ontologies/2015/5/ESSO#ILAE_2010_1.2_Infancy http://www.semanticweb.org/rjyy/ontologies/2015/5/ESSO#Engel_2001_Dravet’s_Syndrome http://www.semanticweb.org/rjyy/ontologies/2015/5/ESSO#Epileptic_Encephalopathy |