Of 1300 @entity302 @entity1 76 (5.8%) were found to have @entity3149 ( @entity3149 ). These 76 @entity1 were examined at the @entity302 outpatient clinic of Bakirk  y State Hospital for Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases between 1991 and 1996 and data obtained were analysed retrospectively. Clinically typical @entity2048 were reported in 40.8%, @entity2045 in 100%, and generalized @entity410 in 82.9% of the @entity1 . Neurological and mental examination was normal for all @entity1 with the exception of three cases; two with essential @entity400 and one with minimal @entity4653 . Precipitating factors were noted in 85.5% of cases. Abnormal EEG was recorded in 73 (6.1%) @entity1 . Abnormalities mainly consisted of generalized discharges of spike/polyspike and slow-wave (86.6%) and generalized paroxysmal theta or delta (9.2%). Fifteen (19.7%) had focal abnormalities and 20 (26.4%) had @entity43205 discharges. Of the 76 @entity1 , 40 (52.6%) were not diagnosed at the initial interview; definite diagnosis was delayed by a mean of 5.9 years. As a result of misdiagnosis at the initial interview 40 @entity1 had been administered AED except for @entity1092 . After reassessment of clinical and EEG findings, the medication was changed to valproate therapy. As a result, 65 of our @entity3149 @entity1 (85.5%) were @entity410 free after a one-year follow-up period.

Misdiagnosis and treatment in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity410 :: ('MESH:D012640', 'Disease') :: ['seizure', 'tonic-clonic seizures'] @entity2045 :: ('MESH:D009207', 'Disease') :: ['myoclonic jerks'] @entity1092 :: ('MESH:D014635', 'Chemical') :: ['valproate'] @entity400 :: ('MESH:D014202', 'Disease') :: ['tremor'] @entity2048 :: ('MESH:D004832', 'Disease') :: ['absence seizures'] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['epileptic', 'epilepsy'] @entity3149 :: ('MESH:D020190', 'Disease') :: ['juvenile myoclonic epilepsy', 'JME'] @entity43205 :: ('OMIM:132100', 'Disease') :: ['photoconvulsive'] @entity4653 :: ('MESH:D004401', 'Disease') :: ['dysarthria']
@entity3149 :: (MESH:D020190,Disease) :: ['juvenile myoclonic epilepsy']
