Subtle Brain Developmental Abnormalities in the Pathogenesis of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), a lifelong disorder that starts during adolescence, is the most common of genetic generalized epilepsy syndromes. JME is characterized by awakening myoclonic jerks and myoclonic-tonic-clonic (m-t-c) grand mal convulsions. Unfortunately, one third of JME patients ha...

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Main Authors: Maxime Gilsoul, Thierry Grisar, Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta, Laurence de Nijs, Bernard Lakaye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2019.00433/full