MYOCLONUS

epilepsy:

myoclonic epilepsy

encephalitis:

herpes simplex

Jacob-Creutzfeldt disease

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (follows measles)

metabolic:

cerebral hypoxia or ischaemia

uraemia

hepatic encephalopathy

other:

cerebral degenerations

benign familial myoclonus

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