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  2. Myoclonic dystonia - Wikipedia

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    Myoclonus is usually classified physiologically to optimize treatment. Myoclonus is a precursor effect to myoclonus dystonia and most commonly begins in childhood or adolescence. [4] [5] Myoclonus is classified as cortical, subcortical, peripheral or spinal. Cortical myoclonus is the most common of these four and affects the upper limbs and face.

  3. Myoclonus - Wikipedia

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    Cortical reflex myoclonus is thought to be a type of epilepsy that originates in the cerebral cortex – the outer layer, or "gray matter", of the brain, responsible for much of the information processing that takes place in the brain. In this type of myoclonus, jerks usually involve only a few muscles in one part of the body, but jerks ...

  4. MERRF syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The classification of this disease varies from patient to patient, since many individuals do not fall into one specific disease category. The primary features displayed on a person with MERRF include myoclonus , seizures , cerebellar ataxia , myopathy , [ 3 ] and ragged red fibers (RRF) on muscle biopsy, leading to the disease's name.

  5. Lance–Adams syndrome - Wikipedia

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    It is a disease that presents Myoclonus as a sequela of hypoxic disorders in the brain due to asphyxiation and cardiopulmonary arrest. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is exacerbated by mental and physical anxiety such as intention, intentional movement, and tension.

  6. Progressive myoclonus epilepsy - Wikipedia

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    Gaucher's disease can be diagnosed through enzyme testing as it is a metabolic disease. [4] Lafora's disease can be diagnosed using skin biopsies. [4] While Action myoclonus renal failure (AMRF) syndrome can only be diagnosed using genetic test. [4] Using EEG's as a form of diagnosis can prove difficult as patients differ in their neurophysiology.

  7. Myoclonic epilepsy - Wikipedia

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    Myoclonic epilepsy refers to a family of epilepsies that present with myoclonus. When myoclonic jerks are occasionally associated with abnormal brain wave activity, it can be categorized as myoclonic seizure. If the abnormal brain wave activity is persistent and results from ongoing seizures, then a diagnosis of myoclonic epilepsy may be ...

  8. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy - Wikipedia

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    These findings may explain subtle structural and functional brain abnormalities seen in patients with JME. [25] JME is distinct from other forms of genetic generalized epilepsy due to the prominence of myoclonus. There is evidence that patients with JME have hyperexcitable motor cortexes, most pronounced in the morning and after sleep deprivation.

  9. List of neurological conditions and disorders - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...