myoclonic
Adjective
Meaning
myoclonic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden jerking motions.
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Removal of PTG in mice resulted in the near-complete disappearance of polyglucosans and in resolution of neurodegeneration and myoclonic epilepsy.
Progressive myoclonic epilepsies (PME) account for about one percent of all epilepsies.
Less serious examples are benign rolandic epilepsy (2.8 per 100,000), childhood absence epilepsy (0.8 per 100,000) and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (0.7 per 100,000).