Recent advance in Jeavons syndrome
10.3760/cma.j.cn115354-20191113-00664
- VernacularTitle:Jeavons综合征的研究进展
- Author:
Jieyi LUO
1
;
Shuang QI
;
Shuchang ZHENG
;
Jiandong YU
;
Bin QIN
Author Information
1. 暨南大学附属第一医院神经外科、癫痫中心，广州 510630
- Keywords:
Jeavons syndrome;
Eyelid myoclonus;
Photosensitivity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine
2020;19(3):302-305
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Jeavons syndrome is a rare type of childhood onset photosensitive epilepsy syndrome, which is characterized by eyelid myoclonic and absences seizure, photosensitivity, eye closure-induced seizure or eletroencephalographic (EEG) epileptiform discharges. Jeavons syndrome is often underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed. Jeavons syndrome has its unique epileptogenic mechanisms, and theclinical classification is always closely related to its treatments and prognoses. This article reviews the latest development of Jeavons syndrome in order to enhance the understanding of Jeavons syndrome.
