Disease or Syndrome
myoclonic epilepsy
Subclass of:
Epilepsy, Generalized; Epileptic Syndromes
Definitions related to myoclonic epilepsy:
  • (myoclonus epilepsy) Any form of epilepsy accompanied by myoclonus, shock like contractions of the muscle.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (epilepsies, myoclonic) A clinically diverse group of epilepsy syndromes characterized either by myoclonic seizures or by myoclonus in association with other seizure types. Myoclonic epilepsy syndromes are divided into three subtypes based on etiology: familial, cryptogenic, and symptomatic.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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