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 (i.e., occurring secondary to known disease processes such as infections, hypoxic-ischemic injuries, trauma, etc.).

Descriptor ID	D004831
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.490.250
Concept/Terms	Epilepsies, Myoclonic Epilepsies, Myoclonic Epilepsy, Myoclonic Myoclonic Epilepsies Epilepsy, Myoclonus Myoclonus Epilepsies Myoclonus Epilepsy Myoclonic Epilepsy Myoclonic Seizure Disorder Disorder, Myoclonic Seizure Disorders, Myoclonic Seizure Myoclonic Seizure Disorders Seizure Disorder, Myoclonic Seizure Disorders, Myoclonic Early Childhood Epilepsy, Myoclonic Early Childhood Epilepsy, Myoclonic Myoclonic Epilepsy, Early Childhood Epilepsy, Myoclonic, Early Childhood Early Childhood, Myoclonic Epilepsy Epilepsy, Early Childhood, Myoclonic Epilepsy, Myoclonic, Infantile Epilepsy, Myoclonic, Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy, Infantile Epilepsies, Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy, Infantile Myoclonic Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsies Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy Myoclonic Epilepsies, Infantile Symptomatic Myoclonic Epilepsy Symptomatic Myoclonic Epilepsy Epilepsies, Symptomatic Myoclonic Epilepsy, Symptomatic Myoclonic Myoclonic Epilepsies, Symptomatic Myoclonic Epilepsy, Symptomatic Symptomatic Myoclonic Epilepsies Idiopathic Myoclonic Epilepsy Idiopathic Myoclonic Epilepsy Epilepsies, Idiopathic Myoclonic Epilepsy, Idiopathic Myoclonic Idiopathic Myoclonic Epilepsies Myoclonic Epilepsies, Idiopathic Myoclonic Epilepsy, Idiopathic Cryptogenic Myoclonic Epilepsy Cryptogenic Myoclonic Epilepsies Epilepsies, Cryptogenic Myoclonic Epilepsy, Cryptogenic Myoclonic Myoclonic Epilepsies, Cryptogenic Myoclonic Epilepsy, Cryptogenic Myoclonic Absence Epilepsy Myoclonic Absence Epilepsy Absence Epilepsies, Myoclonic Absence Epilepsy, Myoclonic Epilepsies, Myoclonic Absence Epilepsy, Myoclonic Absence Myoclonic Absence Epilepsies Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy Astatic Epilepsies, Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy, Myoclonic Epilepsies, Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy, Myoclonic Astatic Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsies Myoclonic Encephalopathy Myoclonic Encephalopathy Encephalopathies, Myoclonic Myoclonic Encephalopathies Encephalopathy, Myoclonic Benign Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy Benign Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy Myoclonic Epilepsy, Benign Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy, Infantile, Benign Epilepsy, Myoclonic, Infantile, Benign Epilepsy, Myoclonic, Infantile, Severe Epilepsy, Myoclonic, Infantile, Severe Infantile Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy Myoclonic Epilepsy, Infantile, Severe Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy, Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy, Severe, Of Infancy Severe Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy Of Infancy Dravet Syndrome Dravet Syndromes Syndrome, Dravet Syndromes, Dravet Myoclonic Epilepsy, Severe Infantile

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