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Crossing the lines between epilepsy syndromes: a myoclonic epilepsy variant with prominent eyelid myoclonia and atonic components Volume 20, issue 1, February 2018

TEST YOURSELF

(1) Which of the following are characteristic electroclinical features of Jeavons syndrome?

A. Eyelid myoclonias with or without absences

B. Eye closure sensitivity (seizures and/or discharges upon eye closure)

C. Photosensitivity (100%)

D. Atonic seizures

E. Myoclonic seizures

 

(2) Which parts of the brain are thought to play a central role in the generation of eye closure-induced paroxysms of eyelid myoclonia?

A. Frontal lobe

B. Temporal lobe

C. Thalamus

D. Brainstem

E. Occipital lobe

 

(3) Which of the following conditions have been associated with the presence of eyelid myoclonias with or without absences?

A. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME)

B. Benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy

C. Symptomatic myoclonic epilepsies

D. Dravet syndrome

E. Doose syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

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Answers

(1) A, B, C.


(2) C, D, E.

 

(3) A, B, C.

 

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