Overview

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is an idiopathic, hereditary, and generalized form of epilepsy, accounting for approximately 5%-10% of all epilepsy cases. JME typically manifests between the ages of 12 and 18 years. It is characterized by the presence of absence seizures (20-40%), myoclonic seizures (100%), and generalized tonic-clonic (GTC) seizures (85-90%).