Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Shows Potential Structural White Matter Abnormalities: A TBSS Study.

Several studies on patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) showed widespread white matter (WM) abnormalities in the brain. The aim of this study was to investigate potential structural abnormalities in JME patients (1) compared to healthy controls, (2) among JME subgroups with or without photoparoxysmal responses (PPR), and (3) in correlation with clinical variables. A selection of 31 patients with JME (12 PPR positive) and 27 age and gender matched healthy controls (HC) were studied at a tertiary epilepsy center.

Prevalence and outcome of late-onset seizures due to autoimmune etiology: A prospective observational population-based cohort study.

Objective: The increasing incidence of new-onset seizures with age is well known. Often, the etiology cannot be clarified. In the present study, patients with unprovoked late-onset seizures and without known neoplasm, who might have had paraneoplastic encephalitis, were investigated for a potentially underlying autoimmunity.

Diffusion tensor imaging abnormalities in photosensitive juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.

Background And Purpose: Multiple structural white matter abnormalities have been described in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). In the present study, the question of whether microstructural variations exist between the two subgroups of JME, with and without photoparoxysmal responses (PPR positive and negative), was addressed using diffusion tensor imaging.

Methods: A selection of 18 patients (eight PPR positive) from a tertiary epilepsy center diagnosed with JME and 27 healthy controls was studied.

Predictive value of EFHC1 variants for the long-term seizure outcome in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the contribution of EFHC1 variants to the phenotypic variability of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and to evaluate their diagnostic value regarding previously identified clinical long-term seizure outcome predictors in a consecutive cohort of patients with JME.

Methods: Thirty-eight probands and three family members affected with JME were studied at a tertiary epilepsy center with a review of their medical records and a subsequent face-to-face interview. All coding EFHC1 exons and adjacent exon/intron boundaries were directly sequenced.

Epilepsy in the elderly: restrictions, fears, and quality of life.

Objectives: Due to demographic change and high incidence of epilepsy in elderly, the number of elderly with epilepsies is increasing. However, only few studies investigated the impact of epilepsy on quality of life (QoL). We investigated how epilepsy affects different aspects of QoL dependent on the age of the patients and the age of onset of epilepsy.

Epilepsy in the elderly: comparing clinical characteristics with younger patients.

The prevalence and incidence of epilepsies in elderly is high. Due to demographic development, the portion of elderly patients with epilepsy will continue to rise over the next decades. In this study, we aimed to investigate seizure semiology, etiology, comorbidity, and therapy in elderly patients dependent on onset of epilepsy and in comparison with younger patients.

Clinical predictors of the long-term social outcome and quality of life in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: 20-65 years of follow-up.

Objective: The long-term social outcome in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is still controversial. The aim of this study was both to investigate the long-term social outcome in relation to clinical variables and to identify epilepsy-related factors that affect the quality of life (QoL) in JME patients with a follow-up of at least 20 years.

Methods: A retrospective selection of 33 of 90 patients (21 female) from a tertiary epilepsy center diagnosed with JME and followed for ≥20 years (mean 37.

Predictors for long-term seizure outcome in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: 25-63 years of follow-up.

Purpose: The long-term seizure outcome of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is still controversial; the value of factors that are potentially predictive for seizure outcome remains unclear. The aim of this study was both to investigate the long-term seizure outcome in patients with JME after a follow-up of at least 25 years and to identify factors that are predictive for the seizure outcome.

Methods: Data from 31 patients (19 women) with JME were studied.