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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Frequency of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Clinical Phenotypes in Siberia

  AUTHORS: Olga S. Shilkina, Kirill A. Petrov, Anna V. Diuzhakova, Natalia A. Marueva, Natalia A. Shnayder

  KEYWORDS: Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsy, Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, JME, Janz Syndrome, Clinic, Phenotype, Phenotyping, Diagnosis, Prognosis

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Neuroscience, Vol.6 No.1, February 15, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is characterised by myoclonia during awakening, generalised tonic-clonic seizures, typical absences and usually presents for the first time at the age of 12 to 18 years old. This article describes the results of a clinical study into JME phenotypes in patients living in the Siberian Federal District. We have shown that the incidence of JME among males was lower than among females (1:1.9) and JME debut age for males was higher than in those women. Classical phenotype of JME (Type I) was dominant and more common in males compared to females—70.4% vs. 58.5%, respectively. The JME phenotype with worse prognosis in terms of achieving stable clinical remission (Type II) occurred 3.5 times more frequently among female patients compared to male (13.2% vs. 3.7% respectively). The findings resulting from this study give a deeper insight into the diagnosis and prognosis of this form of idiopathic generalised epilepsy in predisposed families.