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Results 1 - 5 of 5 for "Epilepsy," familial adult "myoclonic," 2
  1. ... The primary role of GABA in children and adults is to prevent the brain from being overloaded ... myoclonic epilepsy. This condition typically begins in childhood or adolescence ...
  2. ... for 3 to 4 percent of cases of epilepsy in children and 1 to 2 percent of cases in adults. For unknown reasons, it appears to be more ...
  3. ... s mother (maternal inheritance). DRPLA Haw River syndrome Myoclonic epilepsy ... Pericak-Vance MA, Vance JM. The Haw River syndrome: dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) in an African-American family. Nat Genet. 1994 Aug;7(4):521-4. ...
  4. ... also have features of another mitochondrial disorder called myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF); these additional features ... the MT-TH gene have features of both myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF) and MELAS. The ...
  5. ... disease often develop seizures and uncontrollable muscle jerks (myoclonic epilepsy), a decline in intellectual function (dementia), problems with ... with no history of the disorder in their family. Adult neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal, 4B, autosomal ...