Abstract:
:Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a hereditary, idiopathic, generalised epilepsy and is found in 5%-11% of patients with epilepsy. It is characterised by myoclonic jerks, occasional generalised tonic-clonic seizures, and sometimes absence seizures. JME continues to be under-appreciated and under-diagnosed. Accurate diagnosis is important as it usually responds well to treatment with appropriate anticonvulsants and misdiagnosis often results in unnecessary morbidity. In addition lifelong therapy is usually indicated as the natural history is one of relapse off treatment, even after a prolonged seizure-free period.
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Postgrad Med Jjournal_title
Postgraduate medical journalauthors
Renganathan R,Delanty Ndoi
10.1136/pmj.79.928.78subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-02-01 00:00:00pages
78-80issue
928eissn
0032-5473issn
1469-0756journal_volume
79pub_type
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.68.795.44
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.53.622.458
更新日期:1977-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.58.685.706
更新日期:1982-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.65.764.417
更新日期:1989-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.66.777.573
更新日期:1990-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.65.767.665
更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.57.663.66
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.69.817.885
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-135828
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.65.762.233
更新日期:1989-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.62.734.1125
更新日期:1986-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.63.735.11
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.60.705.482
更新日期:1984-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1977-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.69.811.401
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1980-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pmj.77.905.193
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-135983
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1978-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00