Diseases

Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies

A heterogeneous group of primarily familial EPILEPSY disorders characterized by myoclonic seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, ataxia, progressive intellectual deterioration, and neuronal degeneration. These include LAFORA DISEASE; MERRF SYNDROME; NEURONAL CEROID-LIPOFUSCINOSIS; sialidosis (see MUCOLIPIDOSES), and UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG SYNDROME.

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A heterogeneous group of primarily familial EPILEPSY disorders characterized by myoclonic seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, ataxia, progressive intellectual deterioration, and neuronal degeneration. These include LAFORA DISEASE; MERRF SYNDROME; NEURONAL CEROID-LIPOFUSCINOSIS; sialidosis (see MUCOLIPIDOSES), and UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG SYNDROME.

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  • Myoclonic Epilepsies, Progressive
  • Myoclonic Epilepsy, Progressive
  • Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
  • Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsies
  • Epilepsies, Progressive Myoclonic
  • Epilepsies, Progressive Myoclonus
  • Epilepsy, Progressive Myoclonic
  • Epilepsy, Progressive Myoclonus
  • Myoclonus Epilepsies, Progressive
  • Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy
  • Action Myoclonus-Renal Failure Syndrome
  • Ataxia, Chorea, Seizures, And Dementia
  • Atypical Inclusion-Body Disease
  • Biotin-Responsive Encephalopathy
  • Dentatorubral-Pallidoluysian Atrophy
  • Familial Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
  • Haw River Syndrome
  • May-White Syndrome
  • Myoclonus-Nephropathy Syndrome
  • Naito Oyanagi Disease
  • Naito-Oyanagi Disease
  • Action Myoclonus Renal Failure Syndrome
  • Atrophies, Dentatorubral-Pallidoluysian
  • Atrophy, Dentatorubral-Pallidoluysian
  • Atypical Inclusion Body Disease
  • Atypical Inclusion-Body Diseases
  • Biotin Responsive Encephalopathy
  • Biotin-Responsive Encephalopathies
  • Dentatorubral Pallidoluysian Atrophy
  • Dentatorubral-Pallidoluysian Atrophies
  • Encephalopathies, Biotin-Responsive
  • Encephalopathy, Biotin-Responsive
  • Haw River Syndromes
  • Inclusion-Body Disease, Atypical
  • Inclusion-Body Diseases, Atypical
  • May White Syndrome
  • Myoclonus Nephropathy Syndrome
  • Myoclonus-Nephropathy Syndromes
  • Naito-Oyanagi Diseases
  • River Syndromes, Haw
  • Syndromes, Myoclonus-Nephropathy

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000; use Epilepsy, Myoclonic 1977-1999

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  • Epilepsies, Myoclonic (1977-1999)
  • Epilepsy (1965-1999)
  • Myoclonus (1968-1999)

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  2. C10w.228w.140w.490w.493w.063w.650w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020191. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020191
  2. Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_myoclonus_epilepsy
  3. Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7248853