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Jayalakshmi SS, Srinivasa Rao B, Sailaja S. Focal clinical and electroencephalographic features in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Acta Neurol Scand: DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01270.x.© 2009 The Authors Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Munksgaard.Objective [ndash] To identify prevalence and factors associated with occurrence of focal clinical and electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME).Materials and methods [ndash] Clinical asymmetries in the seizures and focal EEG abnormalities were analyzed in 266 patients with JME.Results [ndash] All the patients had myoclonic jerks (MJ) and generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS); 56 (21%) had absence seizures. Asymmetry in clinical seizures was reported in 45 (16.9%) and focal EEG abnormalities wer

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