Cognitive Disorders in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

Cognitive disorders are often associated with epilepsy and are a result of a combination of various factors. This review describes scientific advances in the field of cognitive disorders in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), the most common form of idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Data...

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Main Authors: Olga S. Shilkina, Ivan P. Artyukhov, Polina Moskaleva, Irina Strotskaya, Natalia A. Shnayder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Medical Research and Development Corporation 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of Biomedicine
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Online Access:http://ijbm.org/articles/IJBM_7(1)_RA1.pdf
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Summary:Cognitive disorders are often associated with epilepsy and are a result of a combination of various factors. This review describes scientific advances in the field of cognitive disorders in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), the most common form of idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Data in this review were collected through an extensive literature search of available full-text publications in PubMed and eLIBRARY.RU databases. We selected four theories of the origin of cognitive impairment in JME patients for discussion, based on the analysis of available studies. Our findings highlight the etiological heterogeneity of cognitive disorders in JME and the importance early screening for them.
ISSN:2158-0510
2158-0529