Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
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Synopsis

Heterozygous variants in intestinal cell kinase (ICK) can cause a form of JME.
Codes
ICD10CM:G40.B09 – Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, not intractable, without status epilepticus
SNOMEDCT:
6204001 – Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
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Differential Diagnosis & Pitfalls
- Other generalized epilepsy syndromes (eg, childhood absence epilepsy)
- Progressive myoclonic epilepsy (eg, Lafora disease)
- Movement disorders (eg, myoclonus, tics, hemifacial spasm)
- Drug-induced myoclonus
- Transient ischemic attack / stroke
- Migraine headache
- Syncope
- Psychogenic nonepileptic events (somatic symptom and related disorders)
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Last Reviewed:02/15/2017
Last Updated:10/10/2022
Last Updated:10/10/2022