Definition of Myoclonus epilepsy

1. Noun. Epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin.

Exact synonyms: Lafora's Disease
Generic synonyms: Epilepsy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myoclonus Epilepsy

myocardial ischaemia
myocardin
myocardioblast
myocardioblasts
myocardiocyte
myocardiocytes
myocardiopathy
myocarditis
myocarditises
myocardium
myochrome
myocloni
myoclonia
myoclonic
myoclonus
myoclonus epilepsy (current term)
myoclonuses
myocomma
myocommas
myocommata
myocyte
myocytes
myodynamics
myodynamometer
myodynamometers
myodynia
myoelectric
myoelectrical
myoelectricity
myoendocrine

Literary usage of Myoclonus epilepsy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"The histological study of the nervous system of a patient dying of familial myoclonus-epilepsy described by Sioli showed a slight degeneration in the upper ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
""The Nature and Pathology of Myoclonus-Epilepsy." American Journal of Insanity. ... Neff, Irwin H. "Four Cases of Myoclonus and One of Myoclonus- Epilepsy. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1903)
"The excellent and complete paper by L. Pierce Clark and TP Prout" on "The Nature and Pathology of myoclonus epilepsy " leaves but little to be said ..."

4. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1903)
"MYOCLONUS-EPILEPSY. In employing the term myoclonus-epilepsy Clark and Front1 speak of what they call an " association disease. ..."

5. A Manual of Nervous Diseases by Irving J. Spear (1916)
"myoclonus epilepsy OF UNVERRICHT This disease is an exceedingly rare affection, in which epilepsy is present, combined with the occurrence of tonic or ..."

6. Epilepsy and Its Treatment by William Philip Spratling (1904)
"and Prout* report 57 cases of myoclonus-epilepsy, which number includes four of ... In the development of myoclonus-epilepsy, which usually occurs in early ..."

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