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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (1)

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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (1)

Marked myoclonic jerks in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Note the asymmetrical onset of the discharges and that the myoclonic jerks occur during the polyspike phase of the EEG discharge. (Used with permission from: Panayiotopoulos CP. The epilepsies: seizures, syndromes and management. Oxford: Bladon Medical Publishing, 2005.)