MYOCLONIC EPILEPSIES.

An encyclopedia entry for "myoclonic epilepsies" is presented. It refers to epileptic syndromes wherein myoclonus occurs at the onset or as a prominent feature during the course of the disease. Idiopathic generalized epilepsies and cryptogenic or symptomatic generalized epilepsies are distinguished by the International Classification of the Epilepsies under which various myocolonic epilepsies are categorized.