Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy starting in the eighth decade.
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) typically begins at age 10-17 years. We present two patients, with no previous history of epileptic seizures, in whom JME began after the age of 70. The clinical picture of these patients did not differ from "typical" JME except for the patient's age and age at epilepsy-onset. We suggest that not only symptomatic epilepsy, but also some idiopathic epilepsies, can begin or can be reactivated in elderly people. This may be more evidence that susceptibility to epileptic seizures is increased after 60 years of age.
Tóth
Vanda
V
Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Rásonyi
György
G
Fogarasi
András
A
Kovács
Norbert
N
Auer
Tibor
T
Janszky
Jószef
J
D000368:Aged; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020190:Myoclonic Epilepsy, Juvenile / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D014635:Valproic Acid