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Progressive myoclonus epilepsy

rare

A rare group of disorders characterized by the development of myoclonic and tonic-clonic epileptic seizures associated with progressive degeneration of the nervous system.

Identifiers
MONDO:0020074 Orphanet:98261
Part of
Hereditary neurological diseaseMyoclonic epilepsyVariable-age epilepsy syndrome with developmental and/or epileptic encephalopathy or progressive neurological deterioration
Also known as
epilepsy, progressive myoclonic · familial progressive myoclonic epilepsy · PME · progressive myoclonic epilepsy · progressive myoclonic epilepsy (disorder) [ambiguous]

Subtypes

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Disease Subtypes
Lafora disease 2
MERRF syndrome
Unverricht-Lundborg syndrome
Action myoclonus-renal failure syndrome
Early-onset Lafora body disease
Epilepsy, progressive myoclonic, 11
Epilepsy, progressive myoclonic, 12
Epilepsy, progressive myoclonic, 1B
Familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin inclusion bodies
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 8 northern epilepsy variant
Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 3
Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 6
Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 7
Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 8
Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 9

Rare disease

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