Myoclonic epilepsy

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:

Basics

Treatments

Antiepileptics · Template:Anticonvulsants (for list) · Electroencephalography (diagnosis method) · Epileptologist

Related disorders

Epilepsy organizations

Seizure types
Epilepsy types

Partial/focal	Seizures: Simple partial · Complex partial · Gelastic seizure · Jacksonian seizure Epilepsy: Temporal lobe epilepsy · Frontal lobe epilepsy · Rolandic epilepsy · Nocturnal epilepsy

Generalised	Tonic-clonic · Absence seizure · Atonic seizure · Automatism · Benign familial neonatal · Lennox-Gastaut · West

Status epilepticus	Epilepsia partialis continua · Complex partial status epilepticus

Myoclonic epilepsy	Progressive myoclonic epilepsy (Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy, Unverricht-Lundborg disease, MERRF syndrome, Lafora disease) · Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Non-epileptic seizures	Febrile seizure · Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)