Dalhousie University and IWK Health Care Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Jul;28 Suppl 1:S15-7. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.06.024.
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a widely recognized presumed genetic, electroclinical idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome. The prevalence of JME in large cohorts has been estimated to be 5% to 10% of all epilepsies and around 18% of idiopathic generalized epilepsies but may be lower in some settings. There is a marked female predominance. However, some of the basic epidemiology of JME is not well known, possibly because the syndrome is not sharply defined. A questionnaire study about the diagnostic criteria for JME suggests that diagnosis of JME can be made with the history of myoclonus plus a single generalized tonic-clonic seizure plus generalized fast spike-waves or polyspike-waves on the EEG. However, until these diagnostic criteria are fully accepted, the detailed epidemiology of JME will remain imprecise.
青少年肌阵挛癫痫（JME）是一种广泛认可的遗传性、电临床特发性全面性癫痫综合征。在大型队列中，JME 的患病率估计为所有癫痫的 5%至 10%，特发性全面性癫痫的 18%左右，但在某些情况下可能较低。该病存在显著的女性优势。然而，JME 的一些基本流行病学情况并不为人所知，这可能是因为该综合征的定义不够明确。一项关于 JME 诊断标准的问卷调查研究表明，JME 的诊断可以通过肌阵挛病史加上单次全面强直阵挛发作以及脑电图上的全面性快棘波或多棘波来做出。然而，在这些诊断标准被完全接受之前，JME 的详细流行病学情况仍将不够精确。
