Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, cilt.22, sa.3, ss.179-182, 1994 (SCI-Expanded)
Forty-one patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) were identified from 427 epileptic patients who were referred to our outpatient clinic, this is a prevalence of 9.6%. Sex distribution was about equal, and the mean age at onset of myoclonic jerks was 15.3 years. Out of the 23 patients who could be analyzed in detail, jerks were generally restricted to the arms and mostly occurred upon awakening in the morning. They were usually precipitated by sleep deprivation. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures also occurred in 20 of these patients, but no absence seizures were reported. Generalized seizures were present in the relatives of 10 patients. Interictal EEG's were obtained from 13 patients, and 12 of them showed photoconvulsive response or generalized spike waves or polyspike waves. Follow-up results revealed that 80% of the patients who had been given valproic acid alone had become free of seizures.