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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME or Janz syndrome), previously "impulsive petit mal," is one of the most common generalized epilepsy syndromes of childhood. It typically occurs in otherwise healthy adolescents and is characterized by the triad of myoclonic jerks, generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS), and absence seizures. Seizures characteristically occur upon awakening or in association with sleep deprivation, and patients generally respond quickly and completely to standard antiseizure drugs. Seizure frequency often lessens in adulthood but many patients require long-term antiseizure dru...

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME or Janz syndrome), previously "impulsive petit mal," is one of the most common generalized epilepsy syndromes of childhood. It typically occurs in otherwise healthy adolescents and is characterized by the triad of myoclonic jerks, generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS), and absence seizures. Seizures characteristically occur upon awakening or in association with sleep deprivation, and patients generally respond quickly and completely to standard antiseizure drugs. Seizure frequency often lessens in adulthood but many patients require long-term antiseizure drug therapy. The underlying cause of JME is not known and there are likely complex underlying genetic defects. Some JME cases are apparently sporadic, others occur in families with other IGE syndromes, and occasionally families have a pure autosomal dominant JME phenotype