title: Electroencephalogram and clinical focalities in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
abstract: Partial seizures and asymmetric abnormalities seen on electroencephalogram (EEG) are infrequent in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, but when present, can lead to a misdiagnosis of partial seizures. We report four patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy who had generalized spike or polyspike and wave discharges on EEG in addition to clinical and EEG evidence of focality. The clinical course and response to therapy was similar to that in typical juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Thiele
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Riviello
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014227:Triazines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D014227:Triazines; D002220:Carbamazepine; D014635:Valproic Acid