Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy: A Study in Saudi Arabia
- 1 June 1988
- Vol. 29 (3) , 280-282
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1988.tb03718.x
Abstract
We studied 50 patients in Saudi Arabia with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). There was a high postive family history of epilepsy (48.7%) and a high prevalence (10.7%) of other forms of epilepsy. JME was unrecognized at the time of referral for all patients. Age at onset varied from 6 to 28 years with an average of 15.5 years. Treatment was effective with valproate or with clonazepam; 42 patients were seizure-free for a minimum of 6 months of follow-up. EEG abnormalities were recorded in 37 patients, photoconvulsive responses were elicited in 15 patients by only 1 was clinically photosensitive.Keywords
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