Benign juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
Two patients with long-standing, poorly controlled seizures presented to a university hospital emergency department. Both patients had myoclonic jerks on waking and evidence of absence seizures as well as generalized tonic-clonic seizures. A diagnosis of benign juvenile myoclonic epilepsy was made, and the seizures were controlled with valproic acid.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014635:Valproic Acid