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==Background==
* Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy also known as JME or Janz syndrome
* Most common generalized epilepsy syndromes in adolescents
* 1 in 1000 children
* Seizures start between 5 and 16 years old
* Sleep deprivation and stress are two very common triggers of myoclonic jerks and tonic clonic seizures.
* Sometimes triggered by flickering light

==Clinic==
* Typically myoclonic jerks that occur after sleep.
* Sometimes the myoclonic jerks are only in the fingers causing the patient dropping things.
* During the myoclonic jerks the patients are normally awake.
*Most of the patients have generalized tonic-clonic seizures
*Absence seizures in around 30-40% of the patients

==EEG==
* Generalized 3- to 6-Hz [[Spike slow wave complex]] or most often [[Polyspikes slow wave complex]]lasting 1-20 seconds
* Occasionally, short periods generalized [[Spikes and sharp waves]] can also be seen.
* Photosensitivity in 50% of the patients
* Normal background rhythm
* Focal abnormalities in a small amount of patients
* A morning EEG is more sensitive (69% epileptiform discharges) compared to afternoon EEG

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'''''Generalized (poly)spike slow wave in a 15 year old male with JME (source) '''''
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