Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is a subtype of idiopathic generalized epilepsy (EIG; see 600669) affecting up to 26% of all individuals with EIG. Individuals with JME have afebrile seizures only, with onset in adolescence of myoclonic jerks. Myoclonic jerks occur usually in the morning (Janz and Durner, 1997). Genetic Heterogeneity of Juvenile Myoclonic Seizures Susceptibility to EJM can be conferred by variation in several other genes: EJM5 (611136), by variation in the GABRA1 gene (137160) on 5q34; EJM6 (see 607682), by variation in the CACNB4 gene (601949) on 2q23; EJM7 (see 613060), by variation in the GABRD gene (137163) on 1p36; EJM8 (see 607628), by variation in the CLCN2 gene (600570) on 3q27; and EJM10 (617924), by variation in the ICK gene (612325) on chromosome 6p12. In addition, EJM loci have been identified by linkage analysis: EJM2 (see 604827) on 15q14, EJM3 (608816) on 6p21, EJM4 (611364) on 5q12-q14, and EJM9 (614280) on 2q33-q36.

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