What I did learn and what I now know all too well is that MERRF, short for myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers, is an extremely rare disease affecting fewer than 1 in 100,000 people.

Intravenous levetiracetam is indicated as adjunct therapy in adults (≥16 years of age) with partial onset seizures, myoclonic seizures (in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy), and primary ...

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a type of epilepsy that starts in in childhood or the teen years. People who have it wake up from sleep with quick, jerking movements of their arms and legs.

Kearns–Sayre syndrome Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF) Syndrome Muscular dystrophies.

What Is Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME)? Also known as Janz syndrome, JME is a common generalised epilepsy disorder that typically begins in adolescence or early adulthood. It is characterised ...